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Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems

By Brendan Daisley, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph
Elizabeth Mallory, MSc Student, Microbiology, University of Guelph

Queen bees typically imported from regions with warmer climates are not well-suited to cold Canadian winters and exhibit higher rates of diseases like chalkbrood.

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