By Dr. Mercola
By Dr. Mercola
U.S. bees are in trouble, and, if the latest figures are any indication, the problem is getting worse instead of better.
The preliminary results on bee colony losses from 2015 to 2016 were released by The Bee Informed Partnership in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).1
The survey included responses from nearly 6,000 U.S. beekeepers managing about 15 percent of the estimated 2.66 million managed honey-producing colonies in the U.S.
Over the 2015 to 2016 winter, more than 28 percent of the bee colonies were lost — …read more
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