08/04/2025
It is a worth to explore question. Why happen in US?
Honeybees in the US may have just experienced their most severe die-off on record, and we don’t know exactly why.
“As of right now, it does look like this is going to be the largest colony loss that we’ve experienced in at least the last 25 years – and probably in US history,” says Scott McArt at Cornell University, New York.
Beekeepers in the US often experience some colony losses over the winter – for instance, about 37 per cent of managed colonies were lost between October 2023 and April 2024. But the scale of die-offs this winter seems to be far higher. According to figures released yesterday by Project Apis m., a non-profit that supports US beekeepers, about 55 per cent of colonies – an estimated 1.6 million – have been lost.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475203-largest-ever-us-honeybee-die-off-has-destroyed-1-6-million-colonies/
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