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City looks at allowing beekeeping
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A city committee is abuzz with the idea of urban beekeeping.
Monday morning, council's protection and community services committee voted in favour of reviewing the city's exotic animal bylaw to see if Winnipeg should allow urban beekeeping.
Currently, beekeeping is restricted under the exotic animal bylaw, which does not allow Winnipeg residents to keep things such as venomous snakes, monkeys, sheep, horses or other animals that could be a nuisance in a city.
Apiaries are not allowed in commercial or residential neighbourhoods, and bees can only be housed on urban areas zoned for agriculture, such as the University of Manitoba agricultural research field.
Protection and community services chairwoman Coun. Paula Havixbeck (Charleswood-Tuxedo) said she thinks urban beekeeping would be a great way to educate people about where their food comes from.
"The city has a role in food policy as well," she said.
Manitoba beekeepers have said in recent years they've lost about 30 per cent of their bees every year, in part due to a parasitic pest and bees' weakened immune systems. Bees help pollinate everything from blueberries and canola crops to backyard gardens and flowers and contribute about $1 billion to the Canadian economy every year.
Charles Polcyn, president of the Red River Apiarist Association, told the committee urban beekeeping would help Winnipeggers grow more - and better quality - food in their gardens.
"We're always asked the question - where are the bees?" He said. "Well, a part of it is there aren't as many of them around anymore."
Animal services COO Leland Gordon said the city has not received a complaint about beekeeping since 2007, when one person complained to the City of Winnipeg.
A full report is expected to be complete in September.
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