September 2015

Farmers in 11th hour to get injunction - The London Free Press

Mere days before corn and soybean farmers order seed for next season, they’re awaiting a judge’s ruling on their request to delay provincial rules

OMAFRA announces new insurance plan for commercial beekeepers - more details here

OBA requests PMRA to suspend registration of sulfoxaflor

Ontario introduces new production insurance plan for beekeepers

Notes from OBA/OMAFRA meeting now online

Find them at www.ontariobe

New report. Water Hazard: Aquatic contamination from neonicotinoid pesticides.

Excerpt:

Canadian research now more able to detect Africanized honey bees through genetics

Assessing patterns of admixture and ancestry in Canadian honey bees

Ontario offers New York a lesson on honey bee deaths, neonicotinoids.

Albany

Big win for beekeepers as court voids insecticide: New York Times

A United States appeals court ruled on Th