Frederick Sladen, born in England in 1876, was fascinated with bees as a child. At the age of 16, he wrote his first book, on bumblebees. He became an entomologist and moved with his family to Canada....

Steve Larocque has a problem. “Our frustration at the moment is that we haven’t noted any telltale symptoms in our grain, but DNA tests sometimes come back positive for Fusarium,” he said. ...

Water—or, more accurately, the lack of it—has been on the minds of many producers in Western Canada this summer. Drought, and its devastating effects, have been with us since the beginning of agricult...

It was the morning of April 18, 2012, when Davis Bryans, owner of Munro Honey, was told something was wrong with one of his bee yards in Sarnia, ON. A few hours earlier the bees had been busily forag...

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is coming soon to an Alberta farm near you....

The 2014/15 growing season has been one of the most challenging in recent years. Each crop year inevitably has pockets that see challenging conditions, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen widesprea...

The son of a farmer in Val Marie, SK, Oneil Carlier, Alberta’s newest minister of agriculture and forestry, has led an interesting life. His rural upbringing included inoculating cattle, helping at ha...

Sustainability means a lot of things to a lot of people, and coming up with a one-size-fits-all definition is a nearly impossible task. Despite this inability to pinpoint the word’s meaning, it has be...

Medhat Nasr has been fascinated by insects since he was a boy, growing up near the pyramids of Giza. He majored in entomology while pursuing his undergraduate degree at Cairo University. Honeybees int...

UAV is an abbreviation for unmanned aerial vehicle. Some people call them drones, some people call them toys, but whatever we call them, it is clear that they are serious business. But what are they?...