Elevated winter colony losses have not resulted in enduring declines in colony numbers, according to new data released by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Instead, the number of U.S. honey bee colonies is either stable or growing depending on the dataset being considered. USDA says at the state level, loss rates are uncorrelated with year-to-year changes in the number of …
Agri View: Honeybee Research Continuing
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research in today’s Agri View. He discusses a grant researchers have received to study the Varroa mite problem. Honeybee Research Continuing I hadn’t had an update on the honeybee problem in a month or so now. I got one yesterday. Researchers have received a substantial grant to cover part of the cost to study the …
Agri View: Honeybee Dilemma Continues
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research continues but still not quite there in today’s Agri View. Honeybee Dilemma Continues It has been over a decade now since the honeybee industry almost collapsed. Scientists have worked every day to try to determine what has caused it. So far they still don’t have an answer. They have decided that it was a …