Honey
The Sting of U.S. Tariffs: Beekeepers on the Brink
The 50% tariff imposed on Canadian honey by the U.S. in August has completely choked off the industry’s primary export…
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Biosecurity
The Killer Bees Are Still Not Coming
In October 1957, a beekeeper at a research station near Rio Claro, Brazil, took the queen excluders off some hives…
Honey Fraud
Ottawa promised food security and left beekeepers out of it
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · August 28, 2026 OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 — Canada launched its first National Food Security Strategy…
Biosecurity
The Mite a Certificate Can’t Stop
A parasite that could break commercial beekeeping is moving toward North America. Canada’s main line of defence is a certificate…
Honey
The Currency of Trust: We Police Banknotes But Ignore Our Food
There is a beehive carved into the Bank of England’s own iconography. It has been there a long time. The…
Honey
Ottawa Just Put $3 Billion on the Table for Food. Is Any of it for Bees?
Short answer: not by name — the new National Food Security Strategy doesn’t mention bees, honey or pollination once. But…
Honey
The Paradox of “Natural”
How did the world’s GMO-soy superpower also become its top supplier of organic honey? This piece traces how Brazilian “organic”…
Honey Fraud
Honey Testing Starts With Identity
Better lab tests won’t stop honey fraud while the rules still leave “honey” loosely defined. This piece argues that real…
Honey
The Integrity of Imported Organic Honey: A Regulatory Brief
Most of the organic honey on Canadian shelves is imported — and the single condition that makes it organic, a…
Biosecurity
September Briefing
The Canadian beekeeping industry underpins more than $43 billion in annual agricultural value, yet a pattern of federal regulatory failure…