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Waldemar Damert stands next to honeybees during the Honey Show, held each year at The Forks Market in Winnipeg.

Bee swarms cut into honey production

Fear not the swarm! Honeybee swarms don’t pose a risk to humans, but can hamper honey production

By Shannon VanRaes October 2, 2015

Some Manitoba beekeepers have seen honey production drop this summer as hot, humid weather increased the number of hives that split due to swarms. “It’s usually the humidity and the higher temperatures that make the bees and the hives feel hot, the same way that we do,” said Waldemar Damert, president of the Red River

Recipe Swap

Which flowers can you eat?

Prairie Fare: A recipe for Veggie Dip

By Julie Garden-Robinson September 11, 2015

The blooming flowers at this time of the year look good enough to eat. Some actually are. Many flower varieties are edible, but before you munch on the centrepiece, you need to do your homework. Some flower varieties are poisonous, or at least could cause allergic reactions or stomach upset. For example, apple blossoms should

Chris Siow, a research scientist at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine is studying the health benefits of lingonberries.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Wild or farmed? Lingonberries seek place in Manitoba agriculture

Tiny, tart and full of goodness, Manitoba’s wild lingonberries are even healthier than those grown in other areas

By Shannon VanRaes July 22, 2015

Today they belong to the category often labelled as “superfoods,” but Dave Buck has always known that lingonberries were good tasting and nutritious. “I grew up in the bush,” he said. “And I can remember when I was young, my parents would pick the berries, they’d juice them. We’d have juice at Christmas and then

The red-belted bumblebee, shown here visiting a lupine, is among the species shown to be “responding very badly” to climate changes across continents. (Jeremy Kerr photo)

Livestock, Weather

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 9, 2015

A study of the shrinking range of bumblebee habitat suggests farmers relying on those species to pollinate crops may soon have to look elsewhere, barring a reversal of climate change — or, perhaps, an “assisted migration.” An international study of specimens from 31 species of bumblebees in North America and 36 such species in Europe, as

Crops, Did you know?

Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

Conservation of wild pollinators can’t be based on economics alone

By University Of Vermont June 22, 2015

A major international study published in Nature Communications, suggests that only two per cent of wild bee species pollinate 80 per cent of bee-pollinated crops worldwide. The study is one of the largest on bee pollination to date. While agricultural development and pesticides have been shown to produce sharp declines in many wild bee populations,

Livestock

Tiny number of bees account for most crop pollination, study finds

By Alister Doyle, GFM Network News June 17, 2015

Oslo | Reuters — Just two per cent of wild bee species do almost 80 per cent of their work in pollinating crops, according to a study on Tuesday that outlined simple measures for farmers to attract star insects to safeguard food production. The international report, based on 90 studies in five continents, said governments

Local news

Growing a 4-H garden you can ‘Bee Proud’ of

4-H clubs can get free seeds to  plant pollinator-friendly gardens

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 15, 2015

4-H Canada and Syngenta Canada have announced the second year of Proud to Bee a 4-H’er, an initiative where 4-H club members learn about bees and other pollinators by planting and tending pollinator-friendly gardens. Participating 4-H clubs will create bee-friendly habitats using Proud to Bee a 4-H’er bee-friendly seed packets. 4-H clubs that register for

Crops

Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News April 8, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– Evidence is mounting that widely-used pesticides harm moths, butterflies and birds as well as bees, adding to concerns crop production could be hit by a shortage of pollinators, according to a report drawn up for EU policymakers. The European Commission, the EU executive, placed restrictions on three neonicotinoid pesticides from Dec.

Crops

Neonics are in the picture, but they’re not the whole picture

The varroa mite is still the top concern for beekeepers, in the eyes of one expert,  but other factors can’t be ignored either

By Shannon VanRaes March 18, 2015

It’s a question many both inside and outside of agriculture are asking — why are so many honeybees dying? While some culprits have been fingered, experts say it’s not a problem that can be solved with a silver bullet. “It’s very tempting to come up with easy answers, and if anything is clear, it’s that

Did you know?

If you see beekeepers rubbing their heads…

Propolis, which bees use to seal hives, may have another use

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 18, 2014

Apparently it works on mice, so millions of men may be hoping it works on them too. Scientists writing in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry say the material that honeybees use to seal their hives may promote hair growth. In an ACS release, Ken Kobayashi and colleagues report that propolis,

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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