colonies

According to NASS, honey production in Washington last year hit 2.75 million pounds, a 10% drop from 2021.  There were 86,000 honey producing colonies, 10,000 lower than the previous year.  The yield per colony averaged 32.0 pounds, unchanged from the previous year.  Washington's...

The number of bee colonies in the U.S. on January 1st of 2016 versus one year later was very similar.   USDA Statistician Joshua O’Rear said that number doesn’t tell the whole story.   “That doesn’t actually measure the full magnitude of the losses because there are also colonies added back during the year. For instance, during 2016 we pea...