Focus on domestic stock replacement and more time to pay closer attention to hive health seen as reasons for success
WINNIPEG — Honeybee colony losses in Canada are estimated at 36 per cent in 2024. That’s marginally worse than 2023, when beekeepers lost 32 per cent of their colonies through the winter, says the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA). Every July, CAPA publishes data on the number of hives that fail to survive the […] Read moreTag Archives honeybee losses
Bee colony losses high in Ontario, low in Saskatchewan
WINNIPEG — Honeybee colony losses in Canada are estimated at 36 per cent in 2024.That’s marginally worse than 2023, when beekeepers lost 32 per cent of their colonies through the winter, says the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA).Every July, CAPA publishes data on the number of hives that fail to survive the winter. The […] Read more
Prairie beekeepers take stock of surviving hives
Producers still tallying their winter losses, but Alta. appears to be hardest hit at an estimated 30 per cent death rate
Glacier FarmMedia – Alberta honeybee losses over winter have yet to be tallied as beekeepers continue to collect data. Rod Scarlett, executive director of the Canadian Honey Council, says full numbers will be known by late June. “We’ve had some locations and operations that have been very good and overwintered losses of 10 per cent […] Read more
