Alberta Beekeepers - What's New

From the Board Desk - June 2009

Research Update

Colin McCaig, Research Committee Chairman

Here it is May already and I imagine that like us at Philpott Honey, you all are extremely busy. I hope that things are going well and all your hives are strong and healthy.

Research is an ongoing process with many people trying to find better and safer chemicals to battle the varroa mite, Nosema Ceranae and American Foulbrood, to name a couple of the big ones. In addition, there is research ongoing to improve foraging crops so that they do not disappear and leave our bees with nothing to live on. This research involves many individuals that dedicate themselves to better our industry.

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Foreign Labour Committee Update - April 2, 2009

The Alberta Beekeepers Foreign Labour Committee have been getting reports of some Work Visa's being processed for Philippine Workers. The visa's are still being processed slowly, so it sounds as if there will be a wait still for all workers from the Philippines to start arriving.

The Application form for the Alberta Beekeepers Foreign Labour Insurance is also available HERE.

New Requirement For Hiring Philippine Workers

As announced in the Bee News (see Feb 2009), Alberta individuals or businesses hiring workers from the Philippines must now also deal with the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) in Vancouver. Attached to the Philippine Consulate, it is POLOs responsibility to make sure employers are legitimate and prepared to meet certain conditions with regards to the hiring of Philippine nationals. Without POLO approval, a Filipino worker will not be issued the exit visa needed to leave their country.

Repeated attempts to clarify some points about the process have been made and are still ongoing. Two documents are attached, but this is how we understand it will work for our membership:CLICK HERE FOR MORE....