Honey harvest disappoints

Statistics Canada recently reported that Canadian honey production dropped by more than 18 per cent this year

Beekeepers harvested just under 78.18 million pounds compared with 95.65 million the previous year.

Disease hit hard this year, particularly in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Production declined despite an increase in beekeepers from 14,983 to 15.430 and and bee colonies from 809,304 tp 829,120