Source: Robert Arnason, The Western Producer, August 31, 2017
In its annual report, the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) said Aug. 21 that bee colony losses in Canada were 25.1 percent for the winter of 2016-17. The national winter loss in 2015-16 was 16.8 percent.
Bee colony losses were higher in Canada this year, partly because April was a cold and snowy month on the Prairies.
In its annual report, the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) said Aug. 21 that bee colony losses in Canada were 25.1 percent for the winter of 2016-17. (PDF format) The national winter loss in 2015-16 was 16.8 percent.
The CAPA data for 2017 was based on a survey of 587 commercial and hobby beekeepers, representing 53.8 percent of registered colonies stored in the fall of 2016.
