OP-ED: Unstung heroes: Canada’s honey bees are not disappearing – they’re thriving
Peter Shawn Taylor writes, "Yes, bees die. Sometimes in large numbers. But – and this is the bit the headlines always ignore – they come back. Because the market needs them to come back."
By Peter Shawn Taylor
Canada’s Bee Apocalypse began in 2008. That was the year the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) first reported unusually high rates of winter bee colony losses. At 35 per cent, the winter die-off that year was more than twice the normal 15 per cent rate of attrition.
“Successive annual losses a…
