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On 6/30/2011 2:49 PM, allen wrote:
>> I understand that in alberta canola pollination is a
>> paid bussiness. I understand the price for that service is around us$100 per
>> hive. My argentinian collegue says that in saskatchewan it is not paid.
>
As I have received 2 emails off list from a people still confused after
Allen's response, I will add a couple points in an attempt to further
clarify. The majority (if now not all) of the canola grown for "_seed
replication_" on the prairies, is done in southern Alberta. Most of
this land can or must be irrigated (This helps with the control of
volunteer canola plants outside the fields), has a much longer (safer)
growing season, etc . This however is only a small portion of the total
acreage of canola sown in the province. There are many, many hives
placed on or near fields of canola from which the seed will be _crushed_
for its oil. Like our cousins in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, we do not
receive any monetary compensation for these hives. Not everyone chooses
to or could participate in the pollination end of it. I haven't heard
this years numbers, but believe last year it was in the neighbourhood of
60,000 hives used. Most but not all of these are "Alberta" hives, as a
some come out from British Columbia.
>The beekeepers don't mind, since they get huge crops of excellent
honey from canola.
Not always a given, as certain varieties are poor (maybe even none
existent) nectar producers and sometimes the flowering period is very
short. Maybe not a problem for Allen who lives down in the "Banana
Belt", but most beekeepers in the central and northern regions of the
province have had years where we've missed the canola flow because of
the weather.
Dave Tharle
Ardmore, AB
Canada
+54 16'8.74
-110 29'5.11"
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