Resolution:

Pausing Bee Imports – packaged and queens from Ukraine

CARRIED, November 2023

STATUS: CLOSED

RATIONALE / PURPOSE FOR RESOLUTION:

• Whereas…. Tropilaelaps mite has been found in regions of Russia close to the Ukraine border

BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The Alberta Beekeepers Commission request that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency pause the importation of bees – packages and queens – from Ukraine.

RESOLUTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Name of producer submitting resolution: Neil Specht.

Name of person seconding resolution:

2024 UPDATE

1. CFIA has stopped the importation of honey bee packages and queens from Ukraine.