[Pollinator] Canadian Bee Losses

[Vicki Wojcik]

Attached you will find the summary report on honey bee colony losses in
Canada. 
This piece outlines national trends in Canada and is a good follow-up to the
listerv post on July 25th (copied here).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/why-is-canadas-bee-population-s
o-drastically-in-decline/article19735416/?cmpid=rss1   

A hard winter for Canadian bees

A new report on the health of honey bees in Canada says 58 per cent of the
colonies in Ontario did not survive the winter.

Among the possible causes cited for the colony failures are starvation
during a long winter, weak queens, viruses, and poisoning from pesticides,
said the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA), which
compiled the survey.

Victoria Wojcik
Research Director
Pollinator Partnership (P2)
423 Washington Street 5th Floor
San Francisco CA 94111
415-362-1137
vw at pollinator.org


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