Dr. Nancy Rheault at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On May 31st, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 31st, 2023 / 5:10 p.m.

Senior Director and Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Animal Import/Export Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Yes.

I'd also like to point out that, since bees fly, this situation doesn't carry the same risks as the intentional introduction of a hive of 8,000 to 12,000 bees packaged for import. In 2022, beekeepers imported 56,000 packages of bees. We're talking about twice as many packages of imported bees. There's no doubt that the intentional introduction of packaged bees doesn't carry the same level of risk as the biological aspect.

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