Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "catastrophic" and escalating loss of honey bee colonies across the United States is concerning experts. A nationwide survey ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tropical Agricultural Areas Face Unprecedented Pollinator Collapse The hardest hit regions appear to be sub-Saharan Africa, ...

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 ...

In Vermont, a new study shows that the Green Mountain State has one of the highest rates of bee population decline in the country from 2024 to 2025. That comes amid data that shows more than half of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...