Honey bee population on Vancouver Island is all but wiped out

By many accounts, the honey bee population on Vancouver Island is down 90 per cent heading into the spring of 2010. After a die-off of 65 per cent in 2007 and a good recovery last year, honey bees are now teetering on the point of a catastrophe. The wipeout is serious because bees play an integral part in crop pollination, and because Vancouver Island is a major exporter of honeybees.

Sources: Nanaimo News Bulletin, 19 February 2010
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