What’s behind this year’s honey bee losses?

Commercial beekeepers estimate they’ve lost more than 70 percent of their colonies nationwide. Michigan State University Extension’s Ana Heck tells Brownfield, “Beekeepers are usually able to split surviving colonies to recuperate losses, but the last year we’ve seen higher losses than what we’re used to.” “We really don’t have information yet on why the colony […]

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