Beekeeping Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:22:12 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Problem with Honey Bees /euc/news-story/the-problem-with-honey-bees/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:22:12 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=news-story&p=3105 They’re important for agriculture, but they’re not so good for the environment “Beekeeping is for people; it's not a conservation practice,” says Sheila Colla, an assistant professor and conservation biologist at Toronto’s 91ɫ, Canada. “People mistakenly think keeping honey bees, or helping honey bees, is somehow helping the native bees, which are at risk […]

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]]> 91ɫ researchers find Canadians lack knowledge about bees /euc/news-story/york-researchers-find-canadians-lack-knowledge-about-bees/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:28:13 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=news-story&p=3107 How well do you know your bees? 91ɫ researchers have found bee knowledge in Canada lacking with about half of those surveyed thinking honey bees are wild and native to Canada. They’re not. They were brought over from Europe and are managed by beekeepers like other farm animals, such as dairy cattle for example, […]

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