> >There is so much anecdotal evidence(including my own personal) that neonic coated canola is not an issue...<<

> >>Such as?  I am not aware of any??<<

> "Canada ranks 1st in the world for canola production.
Pollination of canola is a major activity for the Canadian honey bee
industry. Each year around 300,000 colonies of honey bees (half the
colonies in Canada) contribute to the annual crop of 12.6 million tonnes of
open pollinated canola oil seed. As well, another 80,000 colonies
(approximately 12% of the colonies in Canada) are dedicated to pollinating
the highly specialized hybrid seed canola industry. This hybrid seed
industry is dependent on honey bees for precise pollen transfer of specific
genetic lines."

http://www.honeycouncil.ca/honey_industry_overview.php

In spite of this exposure to neonic canola and I generally harsher winter
climate, losses in recent years have actually been lower than in the neonic
corn and soybean growing regions of Ontario,

See table 1.

http://bit.ly/1XF2Gjn

Winter Losses by province 2014
Alberta 18.5%
Saskatchewan 18.9%
Manitoba 24%
Ontario 58%

Adam Ritchie
Barrie, Ontario
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