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USDA Releases Honey Bee Colony Report

On Monday, August 3rd, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued a new Honey Bee Colony Report. The report estimates honey bee colonies in terms of number of colonies, maximum, lost, percent lost, added, renovated, and percent renovated, as well as colonies lost with Colony Collapse Disorder symptoms with both over and less than five colonies. The report also identifies colony health stressors with five or more colonies.

More below:

https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/hcny0820.pdf

https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Arkansas/Publications/Livestock_Releases/BeeHoney/2020/2020DeltaColonyLoss.pdf