The first North American veterinary college honeybee research chair will be located at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Sarah Wood is a veterinarian known for her pollinator research.

Wood says bees play an important role in agriculture and with roughly 45 per cent of bee colonies lost last year the work to save the bees is more important then ever.

Saskatchewan students interested in studying agriculture at times had to leave the province for their post secondary education. But that has all changed. Cumberland Regional College in northeast Saskatchewan is offering an agriculture Sciences Certificate program.Chair of Post-secondary Education, Jeff Fisher, said the certificate is in partnership with Lakeland College in Vermillion, Alberta with an emphasis on crop production.

Jeff will explain how the program will be offered and why it's so important for the agriculture sector.

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