WINTER HONEY BEE LOSSES DECLINE
But Losses Remain Too High, Says UMD ExpertCOLLEGE PARK, Md. – Total losses of managed honey bee colonies from all causes dropped to 21.9 percent nationwide for the 2011/2012 winter, a decline of some 8 percentage points or 27 percent from the approximately 30 percent average loss beekeepers have experienced in recent winters, according to the latest annual survey conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership, the Apiary Inspectors of America and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
“This is certainly an improvement over recent years, but it is still far too high a loss rate,”
