In an effort to crack down on food fraud, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency zeroed in on honey imports and found about 22 per cent of samples were ‘adulterated’ with cheaper sugars like rice and sugar cane syrup. (Justin Newsom/CBC) Read More: https://bit.ly/3XasCHx
Ali Chiasson · CBC News
As beekeepers in Canada prepare to open their hives for the spring, some are finding high mortality rates in their hives.
At some bee farms in Alberta, the province with the largest beekeeping industry, beekeepers are finding more than 50 per cent of their bees dead. The Manitoba Beekeeping Association is also reporting that some beekeepers are seeing losses of up to 90 per cent of their bees.
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Article Courtesy of: Kevin Charach
CTV News Vancouver Multi-Media Journalist
The world’s honey bee population is under attack by a deadly virus, according to a recent study.
“It is a constant assault” said Julia Common, a Delta beekeeper with more than 40 years of experience. “It used to be that you were thinking about mites maybe once or twice a year, but really it’s all the time now.”
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CTV News Vancouver Multi-Media Journalist
Almond orchards in Sunraysia will be in full bloom in the coming weeks, but there are concerns that there won’t be enough bees available to pollinate them.
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Article Courtesty of ABC Rural / By Kellie Hollingworth
Alberta beekeepers are reporting massive losses of colonies across the province after thousands of bees have been killed off by frigid temperatures and an invasive parasite.
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You kind of know, going into it, that scientists who have spent their lives studying animal behavior are not going to love being asked, “What is the smartest bug?”
Honey bee at work on a blue Echinop
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Article Courtesy of Pocket Worthy
Honey bees can recognize faces, communicate the location and quality of food sources to their sisters via the waggle dance, and navigate complex mazes with the help of cues they store in short-term memory. Image: Boba Jaglicic/Unsplash
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Article courtesy MIT Press Reader – Christof Koch
The world as we know it is dependent on bees. It’s not just that our planet would become a pointless waste of space without honey, but at least a third of our food directly relies on bees for pollination.
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Article courtesy of Harry Cockburn https://www.independent.co.uk/
