Dr. Brendan Daisley on Whether Importing Queen Bees Will Solve Canada's Beekeeping Problems

The queen bees that populate Canadian bee colonies through the season largely do not come from Canada. Canada imports approximately 260,000 to 300,000 queen bees annually from warmer regions like Hawaii, California, Chile and New Zealand because it cannot meet domestic demand. However, research shows that domestically raised queens are 25 per cent more likely to survive winter than imported ones. Read the full story, originally published on The Conversation Canada: Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems