Registering new products does, indeed, require a considerable amount of time. It can take up to two years and it is extremely costly. I thank you for choosing Canadian honey in Alberta—I believe that is what you said. There is excellent honey, quality honey. I believe that in Alberta, the Alberta coop packages the honey. I think you are making a good choice in buying Canadian honey.
If we go back to the first part of your question, yes it does take an enormous amount of time to register new products, it is very costly and it is difficult. When it can take two years to register a product, that is often too long: colonies can be lost. And I would say that it takes more than a year or two to rebuild colonies.