Canadian Honey Council

The Canadian Honey Council is the national organization of the Canadian beekeeping industry representing over 9500 beekeepers across the country

Board of Directors & Staff members are the provincial industry organizations each member organization sends one delegate British Columbia - 1 Alberta - 2 Saskatchewan - 1 Manitoba - 1 Ontario - 1 Quebec - 1 Maritimes - 1 Bee Maid (Co-op) - 1 Executive Director Rod Scarlett

Canadian Honeybee Industry 750,155 colonies (2016) 9,859 registered beekeepers (2016) (up 1200 over 2015) 92 million pounds honey produced (2016)

Estimates 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 footnotes Beekeepers 3 8,312 8,489 8,898 8,615r 9,859 Colonies 3 690,037 667,397 696,252 726,008r 750,155 Production of honey, total (pounds x 1,000) 4 90,759 76,468 85,644r 92,011r 92,184 Value of honey, total (dollars x 1,000) 5 176,206 181,283 209,241 210,483r 157,805

Where are all those bees? British Columbia 39,885 Alberta 305,000 Saskatchewan 112,000 Manitoba 102,030 Ontario 97,342 Quebec 57,000 New Brunswick 7,000 Nova Scotia 24,978 Prince Edward Island 4,920

Pollination… Yes Migratory… Yes Like the U. S. A Pollination… Yes Migratory… Yes Like the U.S.A.? … No Blueberry Pollination – Maritimes, QC, BC 100,000 hives Also some cranberry and many others on smaller scale Canola pollination for seed – primarily Alberta 80,000 hives

Challenges varroa/nosema nutrition/habitat weather pesticide exposure labor honey markets replacement stock

January February March April May June July August September Total Sep $/lb. YTD $/lb. Value C$ Quantity KG TOTAL 3,460,686 597,844 2,503,932 377,063 2,882,965 509,508 4,438,738 840,362 4,065,594 589,153 3,257,505 642,673 3,080,913 521,775 2,797,710 442,738 2,851,763 447,798 29,339,806 4,968,914 $ 2.89 $ 2.68 Brazil 1,188,489 236,573 438,778 91,004 326,851 65,603 1,710,058 367,811 976,482 199,683 782,792 165,579 1,299,487 264,550 1,112,788 220,300 915,465 185,153 8,751,190 1,796,256 $ 2.25 $ 2.21 United States 294,278 44,348 491,453 67,424 342,927 53,580 457,802 85,795 360,144 49,706 337,400 54,445 402,360 58,323 329,306 44,725 241,579 35,892 3,257,249 494,238 $ 3.06 $ 3.00 Spain 168,729 33,600 163 20 437,485 89,433 519,710 74,517 420,812 84,766 237,286 47,457 3 2 173 5 1,784,361 329,800 $ 15.73 $ 2.46 Australia 289,016 32,298 389,226 47,469 181,292 18,506 390,874 50,895 487,027 47,692 286,162 33,084 308,116 32,832 278,690 27,693 260,096 24,898 2,870,499 315,367 $ 4.75 $ 4.14 Myanmar 59,078 20,100 328,618 120,601 51,018 89,163 40,200 44,025 44,629 87,025 40,202 703,559 281,403 $ 1.14 India 72,311 18,745 90,265 17,335 233,208 54,261 140,458 35,064 147,183 38,241 124,729 27,008 93,395 20,029 79,143 18,952 143,080 29,992 1,123,772 259,627 $ 2.17 $ 1.97 Thailand 350,651 93,960 69,596 19,720 204,495 58,000 183,905 59,160 1 808,648 230,840 $ 1.59 China 73 13 837 152 68 8,983 3,104 462,332 168,238 113,297 42,075 84 7 585,694 213,593 $ 4.55 $ 1.25 New Zealand 511,292 17,338 488,031 10,862 493,580 11,435 459,044 51,657 916,264 24,198 401,721 24,642 475,805 11,621 691,557 26,977 663,970 29,114 5,101,264 207,844 $ 10.37 $ 11.16 Ukraine 57,828 18,550 41,594 7,704 57,345 18,295 87,005 38,280 82,232 27,211 47,831 20,300 55,732 17,400 88,603 518,170 186,020 $ 1.05 $ 1.27 Greece 267,632 54,050 177,631 45,768 1,750 348 1,935 515 237,928 14,411 49,856 5,481 1,788 240 1,328 181 193,529 24,874 933,377 145,868 $ 3.54 $ 2.91 Viet Nam 49,310 19,200 64,275 10,160 24,211 4,356 56,810 8,239 23,046 4,355 53,036 8,516 37,912 19,175 65,610 23,530 374,211 97,531 $ 1.74 Argentina 81,222 20,330 94,209 28,516 45,535 19,310 40,666 16,706 261,635 84,862 $ 1.11 $ 1.40 Saudi Arabia 237,551 22,491 181,456 13,200 46,528 10,883 189,927 20,118 117,455 11,720 415 62 836 93 774,168 78,567 $ 4.09 $ 4.48

Where we focus National Bee Health Roundtable -similar to HBHC -varroa controls -BMP’S, research compendium, publication of guide for development of bee habitat, influence policy -social license/public trust -participation from HBHC

Where we focus Participate in the HBHC much overlap with CDN BHRT opportunities for collaboration Participate in the Corn Dust Research Consortium

Where we focus Food Safety biosecurity, on farm food safety manuals GMO as a trade barrier labeling (nutrition facts and front of label) imports and adulteration/transhipment participated at meeting in Salt Lake with ABF and AHPA re: honey fraud

Where we focus Antimicrobials and bee feed regulations Labor harmonization between FDA, USDA, CFIA, HC important to maintain access for producers when very few vets have knowledge (8 in all of Canada) Labor heavily dependent on temporary foreign workers under scrutiny over the past few years starting to see some regulatory change with new government which should help

Apimondia 2019 Preparations for the Apimondia Congress in 2019 with Montreal as the host city and involvement in the 2017 Apimondia in Istanbul, Turkey

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