I don't know how to answer that question exactly other than to tie into what Dr. Guzman just mentioned. The difficulty that we have, since the border was closed to the import of bees from the United States, which was occurring in 1987, is that since that time, 35 years later, we still do not have a very large increase in the ability of British Columbia beekeepers to produce stock sufficient to meet the requirements in the prairie provinces. There are some excellent producers, but they are not sufficient to produce that number, regardless of the training these beekeepers have.
On April 26th, 2023. See this statement in context.