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Damage to Honey Bee Colonies by Bear Compensation Program

Author: Doug McRory - Provincial Apiarist/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 06 July 2002
Last Reviewed: 13 August 2008

The Damage to Honey Bee Colonies by Bears Compensation Program was established under the Livestock Poultry and Honey Bee Protection Act (Part II). This program which is administered by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, provides assistance to honey bee producers who suffer bear damage.

The purpose of the program is to encourage production of honey in Ontario by having beekeepers report damage caused by bears and by compensating them for losses suffered. Under the program, grants are paid to beekeepers for damage caused by bears to honey bee colonies and hive equipment.

Beekeepers who have suffered bear damage and want to apply for compensation under this program are required to promptly notify the Honey Bee Valuer for their region or local staff of OMAFRA, or by calling Robin Chandra, Financial Officer of the Farm Finance Branch, OMAFRA at 1-888-466-2372 extension 6-3508.

The Honey Bee Valuers appointed by OMAFRA are responsible for investigating claims and determining valuation based on prescribed amounts in provincial regulation (Regulation 731 under the Act). The following amounts are prescribed as maximum amounts:

  1. $35 per colony of bees, and
  2. $75 per hive for equipment

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The following is a list of Honey Bee Valuers appointed by OMAFRA for the 2008/2009 fiscal year:

Name Telephone
Numbers
County
Anderson, James
613-639-9453
Renfrew, Lanark, Frontenac, Leeds and Grenville
Breeze, Tara
807-938-5330
Kenora & Rainy River
Bryers, Faye
613-859-8321
Ottawa, Prescott and Russell and The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Dupuis, Claude
705-690-9454
Algoma, Manitoulin, Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming
Emisch, Jeff
519-820-4807
Kenora & Rainy River
Guenther, Valerie
807-629-8713
Thunder Bay
Halsall, Brent
613-447-4479
Ottawa, Prescott and Russell and The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Kaemmer, Tom
613-376-9825
Lennox-Addington & Hastings
MacDonald, Malcolm D.
705-639-2096
Peterborough & Hastings
Perrin, Michael J.
705-879-5508
Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, Simcoe, Hastings, Durham, Peterborough, Wellington, Dufferin & York
Rupert, Rob
807-621-1745
Thunder Bay
Shank, Noel
705-667-5862
Algoma, Manitoulin, Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Cochrane & Timiskaming
Steele, Mike
519-360-8758
Bruce, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Perth & Waterloo

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For more information:
E-mail: foodinspection@ontario.ca