Mr. Rod Scarlett at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On March 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2017 / 12:45 p.m.

Executive Director, Canadian Honey Council

If I can answer, you said “sole negative impact”, and that's correct; it is not the sole negative impact.

As I mentioned in my statement, there are a number of different impacts on bee health. Neonics is one class of pesticides that has an impact. We use pesticides within colonies to kill mites within the colony itself. There are a number of impacts.

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