On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Robert Darrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> SHB were first found in Ontario in 2010 near Windsor/ Detroit and a
> quarantine has been in place until recently.  Since then SHB have crossed
> the St Claire, Niagara and St Lawrence rivers into Ontario, but the
> affected hives have been destroyed until now.
>
> Happy New Year All,

As a beekeeper in the same province - Ontario and in the Niagara Peninsula
I should correct the above statement .
Pertaining to "eradication" of hives as our provincial apiarist likes to
call it, that was in the past so w.r.t.the most recent incursion across the
Niagara River  no hives were destroyed.
I know this since a very good friend was the one who alerted the ministry
about shb in his hives wrt Niagara recently.
There are undertones that big beeks here have also been affected.
So the question is , how will this affect the pollination services provided
outside of the province.

As Bob , all of us here have some concern but now it's a matter of diligent
IPM.
And that involves knowledge.

What should concern us here is the fact the Ontario Ministry did not inform
the registered beek in a broadcast be it by snail mail or email of any
occurrences.
The question remains why? . Not everyone has time to hit their website -
that aspect of posting instead of due diligence could be another topic .

What should concern us is also the one eye shut attitude of the Ontario
Ministry about all the unregistered beeks, the newborn beeks among that
"urban"
crowd. The lack of knowledge makes them potentially  the breeders not just
of varroa but shb .

Thanks Bob - Trevor for your input,
I know the shb topic has been covered before but we
hope others from  elsewhere join in also

btw it was -15 to-20 C where I am, I guess some shb will be shivering.

Walter
littlewolfapiaries.com


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