Insights and Stories on Bees

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

Aug. 8, 2025 at 5:21 pm CDT

The CFIA was unconvinced that suggested measures could offset the risk of importing bee pests along with bulk bee replacement stock.

New bee health product receives federal approval

May. 29, 2025 at 10:07 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

COMMENT: How honeybees can help us monitor pollution across Canada

Dec. 27, 2024 at 10:12 am CST

By Simon Harper The Conversation via Reuters Connect Tony Robert Walker

Beekeepers call to reopen cross-border package bee trade

May. 2, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Washington state eradicates first ‘murder hornet’ nest of the year

Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. training ag staff to track, trap, kill ‘murder hornets’

Aug. 19, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

Blaine, Wash. | Reuters — The first Asian giant hornet nest of the year has been found in Washington state, and plans are being developed to eradicate it, likely next week, the state’s agriculture department said on Thursday. The so-called stinging “murder hornets,” the world’s largest hornets, can grow to […]

By Tim Exton

Two more ‘murder hornets’ turn up on B.C. mainland

Nov. 11, 2020 at 2:48 am CST

Beekeepers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland are asked to keep an eye out for so-called “murder hornets” after two were found in the region within a week. A single Asian giant hornet was found Saturday at Aldergrove, near the intersection of Fraser Highway and Highway 13 — […]

By Dave Bedard

More ‘murder hornets’ found in B.C., Washington

May. 29, 2020 at 10:25 pm CDT

Reuters/Staff — Officials in British Columbia and Washington state have confirmed new sightings of the Asian giant hornet, dubbed the “murder hornet,” indicating the invasive, predatory insect survived the winter in the Vancouver area and U.S. Pacific Northwest. The stinging hornet, whose queens can grow as large as 2-1/2 inches […]

By GFM Staff Reuters

‘Murder hornet’ findings worry agriculture officials

May. 4, 2020 at 10:40 pm CDT

Reuters — The Asian giant hornet — an invasive, predatory insect dubbed the “murder hornet” — has been seen in the Vancouver area and may pose a threat to the beekeeping industry and potentially to people if it establishes there, a U.S. official said Monday. The stinging Vespa mandarinia can […]

By dan-whitcomb Omar Younis

Neonic-treated canola not an ‘unacceptable risk’ for pollinators

Apr. 11, 2019 at 5:26 pm CDT

Already facing federally mandated phase-outs from many major on-farm uses in Canada over risks to aquatic insects, neonicotinoids aren’t expected to pose “unacceptable risks” to pollinators when used on canola seed or hothouse vegetables in the meantime. Health Canada said as much Thursday as it released its final re-evaluation decisions […]