The flight carried 138 seasonal workers, 48 destined for honey bee farms in Saskatchewan and the remainder for farms in Manitoba. The Canadian Honey Council sponsored the charter, airlifting in the workers to help with the 2021 honey season on the Prairies, including 18 Saskatchewan farms. Simon Lalonde runs a honey farm near Clavet, east of Saskatoon. The quarantine house on Simon Lalonde's honey farm near Clavet. (CBC)The honey industry started importing workers from Mexico, the Phillipines and Nicaragua about 20 years ago.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2021 09:56 UTC