Agriculture committee  And they meant to neonicotinoids?

Agriculture committee  But it only covers what you earned on the income before. That doesn't really cover the expense of the equipment and everything else that you're losing out of this.

Agriculture committee  You're going to lose a lot of equipment. It's the same with crop insurance. Bill called his crop insurance guy this year because he was aware he might have a problem, and he said, “You've had a problem with sprays? You're not eligible for crop insurance this year.”

Agriculture committee  Bayer contacted some, but we were advised not to let them because all they want to do is try to find something else wrong with your bees. We wanted to get an independent sampling of poisons from our government. That's why we were advised not to let them come onto our property an

Agriculture committee  I have a comment on it. There's no organic in North America right now with all the Roundup Ready stuff. I don't think it's possible because the bees will fly five miles.

Agriculture committee  There might be an area in a bush somewhere that's isolated, but in most areas that are cropped, I don't think it's even possible.

Agriculture committee  We try to work with our farmers.

Agriculture committee  We have a hundred different locations that have bees. They're all on different farms. We're not against the farmers. We try to talk to them, and they try to work with us.

Agriculture committee  They did do some testing. The only test I know that they did was in New Brunswick years ago. It was used on potatoes. The beekeepers in New Brunswick were having a lot of problems. They hired a couple of researchers to do it, and they did a three-month study. Those bees were hav

Agriculture committee  Corn is quite in demand. The price is high. A lot of ground that was normally pasture or hay fields was worked up and planted in corn this year, so there's a lot more acreage in corn. What he's buying isn't explained to the farmer. They just say, “You know, if you get this on it

Agriculture committee  No, but this year was very dry in our area. When the farmers were able to get on the fields on April 18, or just a little before that, they worked them down so fine, the dust was flying from the dust of the field plus the air seeders. I don't know if they mentioned it, but they m

Agriculture committee  This spring, when my son was going out to take the bees out from the winter packaging, that's when they discovered the bees. The bees were going out healthy in the morning. You could tell, because their legs were covered with pollen. I have pictures here of them lying on the grou

Agriculture committee  I just found out about Quebec over the last few days, so I haven't. They might still be planting. They must still be planting, so—

Agriculture committee  We kind of have a problem with that because I think most of those private labs are owned by these big corporations that developed this product. That's what happening in the United States.

Agriculture committee  Most of the labs are owned by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer. They're all owned by those companies so how are you going to get a fair assessment of it? You need a government-run one that's not connected with it.