On Dec 10, 2005, at 7:17 AM, mark berninghausen wrote:

>
>   Good idea, but the sellers of nucs would have to tell us who they
> sold nucs to or the buyers of nucs would have to tell us which
> colonies were nucs from what supplier. We (the Dept. of Ag & Mkts)
> only here about these transactions when there is a problem.

Hi Mark and all

The 'Ontario Bees Act' requires a permit before bees or hive
equipment can be sold or moved.  We have a Provincial Apiarist and
several bee Inspectors(one or more for each county or group of
counties),  The selling permit involves an inspection of all yards
from which bees will be sold and includes a check of Varroa and
Traecheal mite levels.  There is no charge for the permit or
inspection.  If AFB  is found, no bees can be sold from infected
yards until 3  years after the yard is found to be clear.  Bees
cannot be imported into Ontario(from other provinces,  or countries)
without a permit.  Bees going to blueberry pollination in Quebec and
New Brunswick are inspected before leaving Ontario(requested by
Quebec as all bees are passing through their territory) and again on
returning to Ontario.  I am not in favour of all the government
involvement in our lives but appreciate the work of the Provincial
Apiculturist and his Inspectors.  A list is published each year or
all queen, nuc, cell, and hive sellers showing their status regarding
mites and diseases.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
80W44N

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