Apiculture

| Info Sheets | Resources & Services | Stats & Facts |

---

Small Hive Beetle has been confirmed in Ontario

• Notice of Quarantine Area
• Declaration of Quarantine March 2011
• Infosheet - Small Hive Beetle Quarantine Area (pdf - 161kb)
• Detailed Map of Quarantine Area
• 2011 Small Hive Beetle Report (pdf - 892 kb)

• Advisory (September 2010)

Infosheets

Regulation of the Beekeeping Industry

• Ontario Regulations that affect the keeping of Honey Bees
  • Bees Act of Ontario
  • Regulations Under the Bees Act
• Ontario Regulations that affect the packaging of Honey
• O. Reg. 119/11 under the Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001
• O. Reg. 119/11 replaces Ontario Regulation 384 - Honey under the Farm Products Grades and Sales Act
• Honey Label Requirements under O. Reg 119/11
• Honeybee Registration Form
• Application to Import Honey Bees into Ontario
• Protocol for shipping Queen Honey Bees or packaged bees to the United States
• 2011 Bee Inspectors
• Reference Listing of Accepted Construction Materials, Packaging Materials and Non-Food Chemical Products

Pests and Diseases

• 2011 Ontario Treatment Recommendations for Honey Bee Disease and Mite Control
  (alternate format- pdf 271kb)
• 2010 Ontario Recommendations for Honey Bee Disease and Mite Control (alternate format - pdf 219 KB)
• Small Hive Beetle
• Small Hive Beetle Treatment Recommendations
• Destruction Protocol for Honey Bee Colonies Found with American Foulbrood (AFB)
• Honey Bee Pest and Disease Images

Bears

• Best Management Practices: Bears, Skunks, Racoons
• Damage to Honey Bee Colonies by Wildlife Damage Compensation Program
• Be Bear Wise
• Dispatching Problem Bears
• Bees, Bears and Beekeepers: What You Need to Know About the Law and Protection of Property
• Guidelines for the Installation of Temporary Electric Fencing for Black Bears

Insecticide Spraying Problems

• Code of Practice to Prevent Bee Poisoning in Fresh Market Sweet Corn (Order No. 08-031)
• Pollination and Bee Poisoning Prevention
• Analysis of Honeybees for Pesticide Residue
• Prevent Bee Poisoning

Pollination by Honeybees

• Pollination of Vine Crops (Order No. 87-043)

Purchasing Supplies

• Ontario Beekeeping Suppliers
  
• 2012 Honeybee Queen, Nucleus and Colony Producers

Ontario Industry Information

• Winter Loss Report
• 2011 Winter Loss Report for Apiculture in Ontario
• Provincial Apiarist Reports
• 2010 Annual Report   Alternate Format(pdf): PDF-255 kb
• 2006 Annual Report
• 2005 Annual Report
• 2004 Annual Report
• 2003 Annual Report
• Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

  ---

  Resources and Services

• Ontario Beekeepers for Pollination Services
• Beekeeping and Honey Production Business Information Bundle

---

Stats and Facts

• Honey and Maple Reporting
• 2003 Beekeeping Industry Commodity Profile
• 2002-2003 Canadian Honey Situation and Trends
• Estimated Number of Beekeepers, Colonies of Bees, Production and Value of Honey and Wax, Ontario, 1982-2007
• Horticultural Statistics