The Canadian Beekeepers Federation puts its positions to regulators in writing. This page lists every formal submission, position paper and briefing the CBF has filed, newest first. Commentary and news sit under News.
Tropilaelaps: The Mite the Paperwork Can’t Stop
Position paper · July 2026
Canada’s defence against Tropilaelaps mercedesae rests on exporting countries certifying that they have not detected the mite. The standard adult-bee tests cannot find it, the mite survives shipping on the dead bees in the box, and every major bee pest of the past forty years was found only after it established. The paper asks CFIA to reopen the import risk assessment and to suspend live bee imports from outside North America in the meantime.
National Food Security Strategy: opportunities for commercial beekeepers and honey packers
Briefing · June 2026
The federal National Food Security Strategy commits more than $3 billion over ten years and does not mention bees, honey or pollination anywhere. This briefing works through the programs a beekeeping business, a honey packer and the Federation can each apply to, and which entity is eligible for what.
The Integrity of Imported Organic Honey
Regulatory brief · June 2026
Most organic honey on Canadian shelves is imported, and it enters on a US certificate through an equivalence arrangement that accepts product regardless of where it was produced. No one tests the honey itself. The brief sets out what pollen analysis, GM-PCR and residue screening would establish, and asks CFIA to extend its surveillance to product sold as organic.
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