Bee BC Program
The Bee BC Program offered funding to enhance bee health throughout the Province.
The program supported small-scale regional/community-based projects to research, explore, field-test and share information about best management practices associated with bee health in British Columbia. The program enhanced bee health-related activities and information sharing among beekeepers.
“By engaging students in the project, we have created ambassadors for the ongoing health of bees.”
Aaron Grant, Morgan Creek Farm
“This meadow showcases the possibility of transforming marginal, corporate or public land into a thriving habitat for pollinators and other wildlife.”
Dr. Lora Morandin, Pollinator Partnership Canada
“Initiatives like the Bee BC Program are instrumental for helping us co-create a healthy and sustainable environment for bees, other pollinators and mankind.”
Linda Martin, The Bee Awareness Society
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Project Profiles & Successes
A primary goal of this program was to share the information learned in each project with the bee community in BC.
To honour that goal IAF continues to maintain the program’s successes online for sharing.
Raising Local Queens
Barbara Forster-Rickard is a hobby beekeeper with hives in East Vancouver and at Glimpse Lake,…
Using Selective Breeding to Reduce Varroa Mite in Bees
Neil Keeble, owner of Little Feat Apiaries and secretary of the British Columbian Bee Breeders…
Pollinator Highway: Replenishing Bee Forage in the Kootenays
The Elk Root Conservation Farm Society’s Pollinator Highway Project aimed to address the issue of…
Buzzing with Biodiversity: Year-Round Forage to Support Bee Health
TJ and Olivia applied for funding through the Bee BC Program to address biodiversity issues…
Protecting Pollinators: Cataloging Bee Species in Vancouver Island Agriculture
The Comox Valley Beekeepers Association recognized that common agricultural practices, such as pesticide use, tilling,…
Community Varroa Treatment Kits Prove Effective
The BC Honey Producers Association (BCHPA) is helping smaller bee keeping operations address Varroa mites…
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