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Honey Bee Health Initiative boosted by $1.7M

The governments of Canada and Ontario have invested more than $1.7 million through the Honey Bee Health Initiative to help the province’s beekeepers grow and protect their honey bee colonies from disease, pests and weather-related threats. To support the province’s plan to protect Ontario, this funding will help 206 local beekeeper businesses, with a total of 334 individual projects, improve the resilience of their colonies and boost the competitiveness of their honey bee operations in the face of U.S. tariffs. 

In 2024, there were more than 4,000 registered beekeepers across Ontario, generating $28 million in farm gate sales. The Honey Bee Health Initiative provides cost-shared funding to help these businesses make operational improvements to reduce overwintering losses, purchase equipment to improve hive health management and acquire new honey bee stock or queens.

This initiative was funded under the Sustainable CAP, a 5-year, $3.5-billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments to strengthen competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of Canada’s agriculture, agri‐food and agri‐based products sector. This includes $1 billion in federal programs and activities and a $2.5-billion commitment that is cost-shared 60% federally and 40% provincially/territorially for programs that are designed and delivered by provinces and territories.

Source : The Grower

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