We've had time. We've figured it out. In the United States, there are lots of commercial bee groups that post regularly. They had a fabulous, although wet, almond pollination this year. All the bees seem to be coming back in really good hive strengths. They have figured out pretty much all of the problems.
We actually exterminated hives that had tracheal mites. Then varroa came along, but we adapted. Now small hive beetles have come in. Hive beetles in southern Ontario are in our operation in Wellandport. Quite frankly, wax moth is a way worse pest than hive beetle is
These are all the monsters that have been brought out. Africanized honeybee is another monster that just keeps getting brought up, and it hasn't moved north. I was in Florida last winter talking to a beekeeper. They sell queens, and they were in a panic because they have to send their progeny away to have DNA testing to make sure they don't have Africanized bees in their stock. They aren't shipping to Canada. They're just shipping in Florida. That's what they're doing in Florida.
Right across the southern United States, they're figuring out how to deal with Africanized bees and how to deal with varroa. Back in 1986 and 1987, we didn't know how we were going to do it. There are new chemicals coming out. The whole idea, to my mind, was that we had time to defer things. Now it's time.