I just met the Atlantic transfer team in P.E.I. two weeks ago, so I can speak to that as well.
I think you have two great individuals who are well trained and very eager to serve Maritimes beekeepers. I think this is a wonderful step forward in developing the industry and perhaps really looking at ways of implementing latest findings or developing practices that may be more specific to the Maritimes to improve the success and vitality of that industry.
As you're probably very well aware, the lowbush blueberry industry is looking at increasing in size over the next few years, and one limiting factor there is the number of bee colonies necessary for pollination. Currently, many colonies are brought in from Ontario and Quebec to pollinate blueberries in the Maritimes. It's certainly an open question as to whether the industry in the Maritimes can have a large enough in-house industry to partly meet that demand.