Yes, monoculture is a factor that we're concerned about, although in my operation we thrive on the monoculture that happens in the Prairies with the canola crop. That's what I make my living on. I make honey from canola. Ninety-five per cent of my honey crop is from canola.
However, we also need other types of flowers—wildflowers in the ditches and in other types of wild land—to help grow and sustain those bees for the other 11 months of the year. Canola crops are great, but they only flower for a month. From the first of July to the end of July, there's a huge sea of yellow flowers across the Prairies, but we need those other wild areas and wildflowers, starting in early April and right through until the canola crop comes on. We also need those flowers after the canola crop is done to sustain those bees and keep them growing.