Bee colonies across the country died at alarming rates last year although the Alabama pollinators fared slightly better, according to an annual survey. The survey is conducted by Auburn University, in ...

The "catastrophic" and escalating loss of honey bee colonies across the United States is concerning experts. A nationwide survey of beekeepers "has revealed catastrophic honey bee colony losses across ...

Mitzvah Garden KC in the Kansas City area lost most of its honeybee colonies this year. Beekeeper Robert Burns suspects it's due to pesticide exposure and recent dry weather that impacted the bees' ...

(KODE & KSN) — Bee colonies are vanishing at an alarming rate across the country, and new research shows Missouri and Kansas as among the states hit the hardest. Locally, Missouri and Kansas’ ...

The Scale of What Is Already Gone A single honeybee colony can contain up to 80,000 workers. In the United States alone, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be collecting information across the country on bee colony loss in the honey industry. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia continues to see steep honey bee colony losses. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says a survey from October through April found that nearly 33 ...

For Louisiana beekeeper Josh Janway, this March has been one of the worst starts to a honey bee season he can remember. Last year, he was operating with just under 4,000 hives. Now, a confluence of ...

Commercial beekeepers suffered colony losses of 62% between June and February, according to a nationwide survey. “This is unprecedented and a crisis,” said Matt Mulica, facilitator of the Honey Bee ...

While the exact cause of heightened bee colony losses nationwide is unknown, possible factors include parasites, pathogens, pesticides and poor nutrition. Federal funding cuts to the USDA and research ...

Dean Haskin, owner of Mickle Hollow LLC works around the clock with honey bees. “I would say right now is the busiest,” said Haskin. Haskin’s bee farm currently has about 35 bee colonies — which are a ...