He estimates a drop of 5,000 hives overall from the 45,000 typically employed across the Fraser Valley, resulting in a loss of $500,000 to beekeepers in pollination services, plus $12.5 million in ...

Beekeepers’ concerns that blueberry pollination was making their honeybees sick prompted a scientific study in B.C. that involved the collection of thousands of samples of bees, larvae, pollen ...

B.C.’s blueberry growers could be feeling a $12-million sting this pollination season, after three Alberta beekeepers decided to keep their hives at home.

Vancouver B.C. beekeepers worry blueberries are making their bees sick A study launched this week to investigate concerns as beekeepers move hives into blueberry fields to start pollinating.

The New Brunswick Wild Blueberry Pollination Strategy aims to increase the number of bee colonies available for pollination by 60 per cent by 2029. But Lockhart said that because of this year's losses ...

If this year’s window for blueberry pollination comes weeks earlier than normal, farmers may find themselves scrambling to find hives to complete the work. A shortage of hives in 2013 hurt ...

Importing rented honeybee hives for several weeks during the spring pollination season has become the norm in Nova Scotia's $100-million blueberry industry.

A panel presented some Do’s and Don’ts about the care of pollinators at the Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia’s annual meeting. Even with excellent pollination there are different ...

The pressure on Gibeau, who supplies pollinating bees to blueberry farms, is intense. “We’ve been working 17, 18-hour days to meet the demand,” said Gibeau. “Everybody is on edge.” Sunrise ...

The P.E.I. Wild Blueberry Growers' Association has long wanted to open the province's borders to more off-Island bees. It says members don't have enough bees to pollinate their blueberry fields.

Lack of bees, pollination limiting crop yields across U.S., B.C., study finds Blueberry crops in B.C. were among the most affected The Canadian Press Brenna Owen Published Jul 29, 2020 ...

He estimates a drop of 5,000 hives overall from the 45,000 typically employed across the Fraser Valley, resulting in a loss of $500,000 to beekeepers in pollination services, plus $12.5 million in ...