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HELP FOR BEEKEEPERS: PROVINCE ANNOUNCES $1.9-MILLION PROGRAM TO AID
QUEBEC
INDUSTRY DEVASTATED BY PARASITE MITE
September 26, 2003
The Gazette (Montreal)
B3
Kevin Dougherty
The Quebec agriculture department was cited as announcing a
$1.9-million
program yesterday to help Quebec beekeepers whose hives have been
devastated
this year by the parasite mite Varroa destructor.
In announcing the program, Agriculture Minister Francoise Gauthier was
cited
as saying that Quebec's 200 beekeepers have 37,000 hives, and Varroa
destructor has wiped out "no less than 50 per cent" of them this year.
Denis Pellerin, of the beekeepers association, was cited as saying the
damage is even worse in terms of honey production. For 2003, honey
production in Quebec is between one-third and one-quarter of the usual
amount.
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