1. Canadian Honey Council

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

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

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

6. 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

7. Where are all those bees?
British Columbia ,885
Alberta ,000
Saskatchewan ,000
Manitoba ,030
Ontario ,342
Quebec ,000
New Brunswick ,000
Nova Scotia ,978
Prince Edward Island ,920

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. Thank You!