By Scientists are looking to create bees that are selectively bred to survive cold Canadian winters in hopes that the number of bees we import from the U.S. can be reduced.
Two answers to questions you may have right now. No, this is not a joke; we have actually been importing bees from the states for years. And no, they didn’t first consider millions of tiny Canada Goose parkas.
A pair of educators from opposite ends of the country, Professor Amro Zayed from York University’s Faculty of Science, and Professor Leonard Foster from the University of British Columbia, were recently awarded $7.3 million in joint industry-government funding to try and solve Canada’s bee problem.
“It is very clear that we have to develop innovative solutions for bee health because bee declines will have serious consequences for Canada’s economy and food security,” says Zayed. The professor says genetic data can predict the behavior of colonies and beekeepers could use genomic and proteomic markers to selectively breed colonies that can better survive our cold winters...Continue reading...
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