3.5 million #Honeybees are spending the end of winter on central #VancouverIsland while waiting for the weather to warm up on the #Prairies 🐝
The #bees just arrived from #NewZealand & Renato Gallego, along with his team from #Nanaimo & #Saskatchewan were helping the bees into their new #hive homes March 8 on a farm on Code Road in #Ladysmith

https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/home/3-5-million-bees-keep-warm-in-ladysmith-before-heading-to-prairies

#pollinators #PNW #BritishColumbia #Canada #vanisle #PacificNorthwest #NoBeesNoFood #nature #WeNeedBees #NoBeesNoLife #entomology

3.5 million bees keep warm in Ladysmith before heading to Prairies

<p>Bees brought from New Zealand to invigorate hives in Saskatchewan </p>

Chemainus Valley Courier
Nearly 2M bees imported to Vancouver Island from New Zealand

Some 1.75 million bees from New Zealand are acclimatizing to Canada's climate on a farm in North Oyster, Vancouver Island.

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