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Halifax considers applying for ‘Bee City’ status. Here’s the buzz – Halifax

Halifax regional council is considering applying for “Bee City” status, in an effort to help preserve the city’s pollinator population in the years to come. Bee City Canada is a program from Pollinator Partnership Canada that aims to “inspire cities, towns, First Nations, schools, businesses and other organizations to take …

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Canada’s bee colonies see worst loss in 20 years, explosion of mites blamed

Nearly half of Canada’s honeybee colonies didn’t survive the winter, the largest rate of colony loss in the country in the last 20 years, according to preliminary data. “That’s pretty disturbing,” said Ernesto Guzman, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, which surveyed commercial beekeepers across the country. Many …

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N.B. fifth-grader with ‘off the charts memory’ heads to national spelling bee

Austin He is 11 years old — with typical 11-year-old hobbies, like building Lego sets, collecting Pokémon cards, drawing comic books, and playing with his brother, Daniel. Less typical, however, is the Quispamsis student’s talent for memorization.  Take the entire periodic table, which he learned by heart in a week. …

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