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The following are the core questions that will be used in 2023 by each provincial apiarist for reporting the colony winter losses at the national level. As it has been since 2007, the objective is to estimate the winter kills with a simple and standardized method while taking into account the large diversity of situations around the country. This is a survey so these questions are to be answered by the beekeepers. All information collected in this survey is protected under the Freedom of Information Public Protection Act (FIPPA). At no time shall any personal information be made public. Prior to publication, all data will be summarized according to regional and/or provincial boundaries.
1Does not include nucleus colonies
2Viable: A viable colony, in a standard 10-frame hive, is defined as having 4 frames or more being 75% bee-covered on both sides.
NB: You must not include in this data new colonies created by division or purchased in spring 2023. You must however include overwintered colonies that would have been sold before May 1st (British Columbia), May 15th (Ontario, Quebec, and Maritimes), or May 21st (Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland, and Saskatchewan).