Hi James and all,
                        I am not against imports. We purchased around 500
queens from Hawai this spring so as to have lots of colonies for the
blueberries. They are a lot better than many years ago and they do the job
required. We produce and purchase selected regional stock later so as to
have colonies that are more suited to our climate and disease problems.
Allen will recall that when the Canada/U.S. border was open, western
beekeepers often sent their selected/best queens down to California, after
the honey season, to be used as breeders for the following season. So there
was a selection of imported queens. Can this be done with the new
regulations? There is only one beekeeper in Quebec who wants the mainland
border open immediately. The rest of us are prepared to wait. The majority
of Quebec beekeepers try to keep their bees far away fom the U.S. border as
it is known that there are a few large U.S. pollination outfits that finish
their season a few kms. south of the province. But what is a border for
bees??
Peter, now in one foot of snow (two feet indoors)

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From: "James Fischer" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Peter said:
>
> > I believe in locally produced stock with occasional imports of
> > very selected lines.
>
> That's fine, but Canadian commercial beekeepers need lots of
> queens, and earlier than they can be produced in Canada.
>
> In fact, ANY commercial beekeeper wants queens as early as
> possible.

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