Beekeepers

• Tough year ahead for beekeepers, says Manitoba apiarist

  'Beekeepers are struggling,' says Manitoba Agriculture's provincial apiarist Derek Micholson. 'Some have actually left the industry, others are kind of hanging on by a thread.'

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2024
  
• Over 30 per cent of honeybee colonies lost in Saskatchewan during 2022

  Over 30 per cent of honeybee colonies in Saskatchewan were lost in 2022 due to weather conditions and mites.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2023
  
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• Topsy Farms launches ‘Adopt-a-Bee’ fundraiser

  Topsy Farms, a beekeeping farm on Amherst Island, launches an adoption program to raise funds for the farm's operating costs.

  Environment

  Aug 8, 2022
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• Saskatchewan beekeepers reporting bee population slump

  Beekeeping operators have revealed higher than usual mortality rates among honey bees this year in Saskatchewan.

  Environment

  May 22, 2022
• New Brunswick beekeepers expect 2020 to be a sweet year for honey production

  There are about 13,000 colonies of honey bees in the province - fewer than half the number needed for the pollination of blueberry crops.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2020
• World Bee Day: How beekeepers are keeping the pollinating buzz alive

  "I think we're here as a beacon to tell a message about what's happening to our environment, and I see that as as probably the most important role of a beekeeper nowadays."

  Canada

  May 20, 2019
• New bee yard will be installed at Hamilton port lands to level bee population

  The Hamilton Port Authority has partnered with a Hamilton-based urban beekeeping company to combat the ecosystem's bee shortage by installing a bee yard on the city's waterfront.

  Environment

  Jun 10, 2018
• ‘The number of losses were quite a bit higher’: Winnipeg beekeeper

  Manitoba beekeepers are feeling the affects of a cold winter season, and that could in turn have an affect on local crops.

  Jun 1, 2018
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• Alberta bee population feels impact of prolonged winter

  Beekeepers are busily working to restore Fallentimber Meadery's hives after a long cold winter.

  Weather

  May 16, 2018
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• Market prices among challenges facing Canadian beekeepers

  Cool temperatures and cool markets are causing beekeepers concern.

  Environment

  Apr 15, 2018