Canola Growers in Canada "Working to Reduce Honeybee Winterkill"
The Manitoba Co-Operator
CNS Canada – The number of Prairie canola acres makes the region a great place for honeybees to thrive — but given increasing winterkill rates, canola growers must make sure they take the precautions needed to maintain that relationship. Full story here.
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Besides, the final statement by the Canola big wig, “We want to make sure that guys are first and foremost doing it (applying insect-killer) with economic threshold data in mind,” is highly cynical, revealing the industry's ugly preoccupation with profit over all else.