A honeybee exporting firm on the Mediterranean island of Malta says they’re collateral damage to a dust-up in the Canadian honey sector over imports of replacement bees.
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Malta bee exporter blasts criticism from Canadian beekeepers
The CEO for a bee provider calls efforts to open Canadian border to more U.S. bees misguided
Beehives to go high tech
A so-called smart beehive could change how apiarists manage their colonies and treat mites
We have smart phones, smart cars and even smart fridges. Now, Allan Campbell is preparing to launch the smart beehive. “We are still in the prototype phase, but we hope to have the first ones out this summer. So far it hasn’t left the lab yet,” said the co-owner of Durston Honey Farms and president
Researchers Test Bee Virus Treatments
Testing of possible treatments for a virus associated with the varroa mite is continuing to move ahead at the University of Manitoba. We ve got it to a point where we can show it does kill the virus, said Rob Currie of the university s entomology department, referring to the use of double-strand RNA in
Science Sweetens Outlook For Honeybees
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists are working on new treatment strategies for a parasite killing our bees, and are identifying the traits needed to breed bees with stronger resistance to disease and parasites. Stephen Pernal is AAFC’s national apiculture research scientist in Beaverlodge, Alberta who specializes in the management and detection of honeybee diseases and
Solution To Bee Colony Deaths Found
Long the scourge of beehives, the varroa mite has emerged as the leading suspect in the mysterious decline of honeybee colonies across Canada, says a University of Guelph researcher. In an article in the online scientific publication Apidologie, which is devoted to bees, Ernesto Guzman and his research team say that 85 per cent of
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