The Globe and Mail: They have asked the minister responsible for managing emergencies and prairie economic development to step in to help bee colonies before the winter, warning that the closure of hives could harm not just honey producers but Canadian agriculture, as many farmers rely on honey bees to pollinate their crops.
Connie Phillips, executive director of the Canadian Beekeepers Federation, said in an interview that about 60 per cent of Canadian honey is exported to the United States, and the 50-per-cent tariff imposed byU.S. President DonaldTrump in August has brought exports south of the border “screeching to a halt.”…