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Race On To Restore Bee Imports

By Ron Friesen March 4, 2010

Canadian and U. S. officials scheduled a conference call this week to try to restore queen bee imports from Hawaii, Canada’s largest market for queens, despite the presence of varroa mites. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U. S. Department of Agriculture were expected to discuss ways to revise an import protocol to allow

Opinion

Mandatory Membership Requires Significant Common Benefit

By Phil Veldhuis December 17, 2009

Groucho Marx once joked that he would never “join any club that would accept him as a member.” I think a better principle would be to never join any organization that is forcing you to be a member. The Manitoba Beekeepers Associat ion is at tempt ing to force me to join and pay membership

News

Honey Crop Beats Expectations

By Ron Friesen November 5, 2009

“Until I crunched the numbers, I never thought we had that much.” – RHEAL LAFRENIERE, MAFRI Manitoba beekeepers had a surprisingly good honey crop this summer, despite unfavourable weather conditions. A preliminary Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives survey shows producers averaged 177 pounds of honey per colony, above the long-term provincial average of 165

Livestock

Genetic Condition May Cause Bee Colony Collapse

By Ron Friesen October 29, 2009

“It won’t get into bees unless IAPV is integrated into them.” – ILAN SELA An Israeli researcher is claiming a possible breakthrough in the hunt for the cause of a mysterious die-off of honeybees in different parts of the world. A genetic predisposition to an obscure virus may make bees vulnerable to another as-yet-unknown agent

Country Crossroads

Pleasant Surprise

By Eva Krawchuk August 20, 2009

Early last spring I looked over the flower seed assortment. There were many envelopes with self-harvested seeds more than three years old. These would go out for the birds. I tossed them onto the ground between the deer-proof fence and the row of mature trees. Weeks later, there bloom the healthiest, greenest and prettiest specimens,

Forages, Livestock

Cool Summer Dampens Honey Outlook

By Ron Friesen August 6, 2009

The cool weather so far this summer could deliver a double hit to Manitoba‘s honey producers. Besides depressing honey yields, it could also weaken bee populations going into the winter. That would be the last thing Manitoba beekeepers need after experiencing record honeybee losses in 2008-09. “There is a lot of concern unless we get

News

Bee Stings Top Concern Among Public

By Daniel Winters April 9, 2009

“How does anything survive on that kind of a schedule? That’s not the way to keep bees, I don’t think.” – MURRAY COX Do you get stung a lot? That’s the question asked by 95 per cent of the public who stop in to check out the beekeeping display at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.

Country Crossroads

One Sweet Home-Based Business

By Joan Airey April 2, 2009

HONEYBEE FACTS Honey is the only food that includes all the substance necessary to sustain life including water. A hive of bees must fly 5,000 miles to produce one pound of honey. To make honey, bees drop the collected nectar into the honeycomb and then evaporate it by fanning their wings. Honeybees collect nectar from

News

No Smoking Gun For CCD

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

For the past three years, a mysterious die-off of honeybees in the U. S. has gripped public attention and led to fascinating theories about its origin. Suggested causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) included pesticides, diseases, changing weather patterns, inadequate nutrition, environmental stress and plain overwork. Some blamed radio waves from cellphones for causing bees

News

Beekeepers Urge Restraint When Spraying Sunflowers

By Ron Friesen February 19, 2009

Manitoba honey producers have launched an awareness campaign to protect their bees from friendly fire coming off sunflower fields. The Manitoba Beekeepers Association is asking sunflower growers to use only certain insecticides when spraying for insect pests so as to avoid harming foraging honeybees. A resolution adopted by the MBA at its annual meeting last

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Tag Archives Pollination

Race On To Restore Bee Imports

Mandatory Membership Requires Significant Common Benefit

Honey Crop Beats Expectations

Genetic Condition May Cause Bee Colony Collapse

Pleasant Surprise

Cool Summer Dampens Honey Outlook

Bee Stings Top Concern Among Public

One Sweet Home-Based Business

No Smoking Gun For CCD

Beekeepers Urge Restraint When Spraying Sunflowers

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