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Nearly half of Canada's honeybee colonies didn't survive the winter, the largest rate of colony loss in the country in the last 20 years, according to preliminary data. The president of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists calls the finding "pretty disturbing."
An early spring and a long, hot summer last year are being blamed for parasitic mites getting a foothold in many hives, leaving Canadian beekeepers calling on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to allow more bee imports from the U.S. At 0:17 in this story, the name of Jayse Derraugh of Derrco Apiaries was misspelled.
Canadian beekeepers are finding major colony losses as they open their hives this spring, which may present a threat to the honey supply and has some calling on Canada to open to the importation of bees from the U.S.