Did you know Canada.. I've read a few reports today about Canada's dwindling honey bee population! According to the Canadian Honey Council, Canada's bee population has plummeted by an estimated 35% since 2010.
I know most of us head the other way when we see a bee for fear of being stung, but honeybees are our pollinators and pollination is responsible for the growth and development of 70% of Canada's cultivated plants!
Some are saying that a neonicotinoid-based insecticide that has been used in Canada for the last 9 years is to blame. This insecticide is coat field crop seeds but some are saying the coating is also getting into plants, water, soil and air.
Other agricultural and scientific communities say they simply don't know why the bees are disappearing but it's a major problem. Apparently a bee health working group has been formed in Ontario to make recommedations, but we won't hear from them until next spring at the earliest.
Do you feel neonicotinoids should be banned as many beekeepers suggest?
I saw a photo of a grocery store that removed all produce that would be lost if bees were to be extinct... wow! VERY much an eye opener!
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