Queen bees have been smuggled to Canada from the United States since an import ban on U.S. bees was imposed in the 1980s. Now the reason for that ban has local hive keepers worried. The worry is that ...

Worker bees stage coordinated revolts when viral infections weaken their queen and lower her pheromone output. This disruption drives many of the queen failures that beekeepers struggle with today.

Every spring, Canadian beekeepers await the arrival of queen bees crucial to their industry. The queens that populate Canadian bee colonies through the season largely do not come from Canada at all.