U.S. Beekeepers Suffered Higher Than Average Colony Loss Last Year, With Winter Losses Highest Recorded, According to University of Maryland-Led Annual Survey
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 20 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Maryland issued the following news:
Beekeepers across the United States lost 40.7% of their honey bee colonies from April 2018 to April 2019, according to preliminary results of the latest annual nationwide survey conducted by the University of Maryland-led nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership. Honey bees pollinate $15 billion worth of food crops in the United States each year.
The survey results sh . . .
Beekeepers across the United States lost 40.7% of their honey bee colonies from April 2018 to April 2019, according to preliminary results of the latest annual nationwide survey conducted by the University of Maryland-led nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership. Honey bees pollinate $15 billion worth of food crops in the United States each year.
The survey results sh . . .