News Headline
Why is Canada’s bee population in rapid decline?
Source
Globe and Mail (Canada)
Publication Date
2014-07-24
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.