I know that over the past couple of years, with the huge growth in beekeeping, it's mainly been urban and hobby beekeeping where there's been a huge interest across the country. The provincial apiculturists have done a good job, a great job, and they continue to do so, but it puts extreme pressure on these provincial apiculturists to maintain this growing group of beekeepers. As we've heard, beekeeping is very complex. It's not as easy as it seems or as people may think.
It's a concern to large commercial beekeepers as well. If this group does not pan out as they had hoped and we end up with a bunch of abandoned bee equipment around the country, it will be a risk factor to those who are continually keeping bees.