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Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world
Livestock, reuters

Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world

September 10, 2025
Tropilaelaps mercedesae – or “tropi” – is on the march and Beekeepers fear it will wreak even greater havoc than varroa mites.

(FatCamera/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, News

COMMENT: How honeybees can help us monitor pollution across Canada

By Simon Harper, The Conversation via Reuters Connect, Tony Robert Walker December 27, 2024
The honey produced by the tireless work of the honeybee is nothing short of an untapped goldmine of environmental data that could help us better understand the spread of environmental pollutants.

(FatCamera/iStock/Getty Images)
News

Canadian honey production down in 2024

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 12, 2024
Canadian honey production was down by 18 per cent in 2024 despite an increase in the number of beekeepers and colonies.

An artist’s rendering of the interior of the new HBRC.
Livestock, News

U of G hits sweet spot with honeybee research centre

New centre to operate as hive of community engagement

By Diana Martin July 19, 2023
The University of Guelph is abuzz with anticipation now the ground has broken for a new $16 million honeybee research facility. The 15,000-square-foot Luckevich Pinchin Honey Bee Research Centre (HBRC) […] Read more

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Livestock

Beekeepers call to reopen cross-border package bee trade

Ten years after the last risk assessment, some say it’s time to re-evaluate

By Jonah Grignon May 2, 2023
Canadian beekeepers are calling for the federal government to reopen the border to the importation of U.S. package honeybees. Witnesses at a meeting of the House of Commons standing committee […] Read more


honeybee
Livestock

Ontario beekeepers reeling from triple-season hit

Poor weather and varroa mite extract heavy toll on colonies

By Matt McIntosh June 1, 2022
A tough fall, unstable winter temperatures and a cool spring have conspired to take a major toll on honeybee populations in Ontario and throughout Canada. Populations of varroa mite, a […] Read more

Asian giant hornets have noticeably large orange heads and black eyes; worker hornets are about 3.5 cm in length; queens can be up to four to five cm in length, with a wingspan of four to seven cm. (B.C. Ministry of Agriculture)
Livestock

Two more ‘murder hornets’ turn up on B.C. mainland

One nest found last month in neighbouring U.S. town

By Dave Bedard November 11, 2020
Beekeepers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland are asked to keep an eye out for so-called “murder hornets” after two were found in the region within a week. […] Read more

Asian giant hornets have noticeably large orange heads and black eyes; worker hornets are about 3.5 cm in length; queens can be up to four to five cm in length, with a wingspan of four to seven cm. (B.C. Ministry of Agriculture)
Livestock

More ‘murder hornets’ found in B.C., Washington

Findings suggest some were able to overwinter

By GFM Staff, Reuters May 30, 2020
Reuters/Staff — Officials in British Columbia and Washington state have confirmed new sightings of the Asian giant hornet, dubbed the “murder hornet,” indicating the invasive, predatory insect survived the winter […] Read more


(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Field studies fuel dispute over whether neonics harm bees

By Kate Kelland June 30, 2017
London | Reuters — Two major studies into how bees are affected by a group of pesticides banned in Europe gave mixed results on Thursday, fuelling a row over whether […] Read more

(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

By Will Dunham December 21, 2015
Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced […] Read more

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