Beekeeper News
Three months until your food business may need a licence / Trois mois avant que votre entreprise alimentaire puisse avoir besoin d’une licence
Three months until your food business may need a licence In three months, many businesses will require a licence when the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) come into force. In order to apply for a SFCR licence, businesses will…
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Items of potential interest to beekeepers 16 October 2018
Rosanna Mattingly Editor, Western Apicultural Society Journal Editor, The Bee Line, Oregon State Beekeepers Association OREGON STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION FALL CONFERENCE Deadline for Reduced Cost and Mail-In Is Today, October 16, 2018 The OSBA Fall Conference provides an opportunity meet and…
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2018 Agricultural Labour Market Information Survey
The 2018 LMI survey is here! From October 12 to November 30, 2018, the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) is surveying stakeholders on the state of agricultural labour in Canada. We ask all owner-operators, agricultural workers and supporting stakeholder…
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Economic Strategy Table Final Report // Rapport final des Tables de stratégies économiques
The final report of the Economic Strategy Tables has been made public. Each of the six Tables has developed a sector-specific chapter: Digital Industries, Advanced Manufacturing, Agri-Food, Clean Technology, Health/Biosciences and Resources of the Future. The collective recommendations of the…
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Items of potential interest to beekeepers 11 October 2018
Rosanna Mattingly Editor, Western Apicultural Society Journal Editor, The Bee Line, Oregon State Beekeepers Association IN THIS ISSUE… UC Webinar Oregon Varroa Alert UBC Bee Symposium Mexico’s Science Minister Tybee Island Bee Deaths Oshawa Pollinators Native Bees and Buzz Pollination Witte Museum…
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Items of potential interest to beekeepers 4 October 2018
Rosanna Mattingly Editor, Western Apicultural Society Journal Editor, The Bee Line, Oregon State Beekeepers Association IN THIS ISSUE… Seed Vault in Colorado Pollinator Plantings & Solar Arrays What Termites Can Teach Us Australia Beekeepers Statement Signs of Varroa Damage Taste Is Key…
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CFIA -RTBF Progress Report 2018 / Rapport d’étape RABA de 2018
Learn how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is advancing change In 2017, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency launched a framework called Responding to Today, Building for the Future (RTBF) (http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/strategic-priorities/eng/1374871172385/1374871197211) to guide the work of the Agency. The RTBF Progress…
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Items of potential interest to beekeepers 26 September 2018
Rosanna Mattingly Editor, Western Apicultural Society Journal Editor, The Bee Line, Oregon State Beekeepers Association Author, Honey-Maker: How the Honey Bee Worker Does What She Does (Beargrass Press) IN THIS ISSUE… Weed Killer and Bees Honey Bees Blowing in the Wind Sick Honey Bee…
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Temporary Foreign Worker Policy Changes
CHANGES TO HOUSING Following the cross-Canada Primary Agriculture Consultations, several employers identified unintended consequences related to the 2018 Housing Policy changes, such as the inability to obtain housing inspection reports for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) staying in hotels; delayed Labour…
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Items of potential interest to beekeepers 18 September 2018
Rosanna Mattingly Editor, Western Apicultural Society Journal Editor, The Bee Line, Oregon State Beekeepers Association IN THIS ISSUE . . . WSU Pollinator Center Pollinator Public Art Bee Specialization Whole Food an Bees France and Pesticides’ Ban Almonds in Trade FROM CATCH…
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