Honeybee Deaths Are Down, But the Beepocalypse Continues

MoreIt’s Hard Out There for a HoneybeeHow Uncle Sam Is Helping to Feed the HoneybeesThe Cool New Way to Get High Is Apparently To Rub Burt’s Bees Lip Balm On Your EyelidsHow bad are things for the honeybee? Almost a quarter of U.S. honeybee colonies died over the past winter, according to new numbers released this morning—and that represents an improvement. The Bee Informed Partnership—a network of academics and beekeepers—along with the Apiary Inspectors of America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture surveyed 7,183 beekeepers from around the country over the past year. Those beekeepers are responsible for about a fifth of the managed colonies in the U.S., and after a year in which nearly a third of honeybee colonies died, this past winter was a reprieve of sorts. The loss rate of 23.2% was significantly lower than the 29.6% average loss beekeepers have been experiencing since the partnership began the annual survey in 2006. MoreStudy: Pesticides Cause Colony Collapse Disorder in HoneybeesClimate Change Poses Growing National-Security Threat, Report SaysAmericans Back Death Penalty by Gas or Electrocution If No Needle: Poll NBC NewsMen Charged With Toppling Ancient Rock Formation Avoid Jail Time Huffington PostComet Outlives Predictions Weather.com(COVER STORY: The Plight of the Honeybee) Popular Among Subscribers Vladimir Putin’s War Subscribe Millennials: The Me Me Me GenerationThomas Piketty: Marx 2.0Yet ev...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Agriculture bayer bee chemicals Colony Collapse Disorder Dennis vanEngelsdorp Environment Farming hives honeybee neonicotinoids Pesticides Pollination varroa Source Type: news