Innovation Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Agriculture are partnering with a health services company to provide farmers with a new tool to track their mental health and link them with supports. The mobile app, developed by Bridges Health in Saskatoon, was selected during a province-wide Innovation Challenge in the spring of 2020, where technology entrepreneurs… Continue reading Sask. Tests New App To Improve Farmers’ Mental Health
Tag: Bees
New Bee Species Honours High Flying Canadian Hero
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) announced today that a newly recognized species of bee native to North America is named in honour of Canadian Astronaut Colonel Christopher Hadfield. In an academic paper, authored by RSM Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Dr. Cory Sheffield and published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Sheffield makes the scientific case… Continue reading New Bee Species Honours High Flying Canadian Hero
Funding Has Come Through to Help Beekeepers Cover COVID-19 Costs
By: Lethbridge Bureau, producer.com, June 11, 2020 The funding is intended to help beekeepers cover higher costs for new colonies; costs that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic. Alberta beekeepers will have access to $1 million in government funds to offset the costs of colony replacements this year. The money, available through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership… Continue reading Funding Has Come Through to Help Beekeepers Cover COVID-19 Costs
Cold spring hammers bees
Source: Robert Arnason, Producer.com, June 14, 2018 Last fall Simon Lalonde had around 3,200 bee hives and things were looking good when the colonies were put away for the winter. By late April about 1,300 of those hives were dead or had too few bees to survive as a colony. “We had about a 41… Continue reading Cold spring hammers bees
Winter hits Sask. bees much harder than usual
Source: CBC Sports, May 16, 2018 Beekeeper says it could take years to get population up again Saskatchewan beekeepers are finding many more of their bees than usual have died over the winter. This winter, it is estimated that 35 to 40 per cent of bees perished, due in part to the cold snap in… Continue reading Winter hits Sask. bees much harder than usual