honey bees

The USDA recently released its Honey Bee Colony report.  If you just look at the January 1st, 2018 figure of bee colonies in operations with five or more colonies and compare it to January 1st, 2017, you would think there was no problem with colony losses. ...

New data from the Department of Agriculture shows U.S. honey bee numbers increased in the last year. USDA released its honey bee health survey this week, which found the number of commercial U.S. honey bee colonies rose 3% to 2.89 million as of April 1st, 2017 compared with a year earlier...

The USDA said the number of managed honey bee colonies has increased over the last decade.  While recent public attention has focused largely on colony mortality trends, overall colony numbers have increased since 2006.  USDA said the number of managed colonies has increased from roughly two million in 2006 to near 2.8 million...

Oregon State University has brought on a new researcher whom specializes in pollination and pollinator health as the importance of their role is understood.   Andony Melathopoulos comes from the University of Calgary and he said he understands that growers don’t want to harm bees, but they need good information.   “...

USDA Researchers conducted a study to determine whether or not gut bacteria was good for the health of honey bees.   Dr. Jay Evans concluded that bees became more susceptible to bacteria after exposure.   “Bacteria are involved in really strong ways with the health of honey bees so they have to be monitored in the same way we would monitor viruses and other parasites. It’s just anot...