Unstung Heroes: Canada’s Honey Bees Are Not Disappearing—They’re Thriving

A hobbyist beekeeper tends to her hives near Bowmanville, Ont., on in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Doug Ives

Commentary

Canada’s Bee Apocalypse began in 2008. That was the year the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) first reported unusually high rates of winter bee colony losses. At 35 percent, the winter die-off that year was more than twice the normal 15 percent rate of attrition.