Glyphosate in honey
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:30 am
There's an article in the Western Producer this week that says glyphosate has been found in American honey - about 80% of it has the some of the chemical. They think it may be because bees forage on corn and soybeans, and both those crops are sprayed with glyphosate during the growing season. Levels found were 20 to 100 parts per billion and higher in honey tested in the past year. There was no testing done for glyphosate in honey before that. No testing has been done in Canada yet.
A comment made by the Canadian Honey Council was "However prairie bees live in an environment with more wild land and less cropland than American honey bees. For the most part, I don't expect that we would have as much of an issue up here. Our habitat is quite a bit different. Even in intensive farming areas there are still areas that are natural."
The article also said "The CFIA has been testing foods, grains, and oilseeds for glyphosate residues since 2015. The agency said in 2016 that it would publish results of the testing in April of 2017."
The Honey Council should take a trip to the prairies to see how little wild land is left here. Besides that, bees will forage on all kinds of crops, even if there are wild flowers around. Crop sprays can drift for miles in open areas.
A comment made by the Canadian Honey Council was "However prairie bees live in an environment with more wild land and less cropland than American honey bees. For the most part, I don't expect that we would have as much of an issue up here. Our habitat is quite a bit different. Even in intensive farming areas there are still areas that are natural."
The article also said "The CFIA has been testing foods, grains, and oilseeds for glyphosate residues since 2015. The agency said in 2016 that it would publish results of the testing in April of 2017."
The Honey Council should take a trip to the prairies to see how little wild land is left here. Besides that, bees will forage on all kinds of crops, even if there are wild flowers around. Crop sprays can drift for miles in open areas.