Mysterious disappearance of honeybees has been around since the beginning of the history of apiculture....most recently (about 2006) there has been a global phenomona that is called "Colony Collapse Disorder" where LARGE amounts of colonies just disappear....no dead bees anywhere.
This is being blamed currently on pesticide use, but nobody is quite sure what is actually causing it. There are some great videos available that you can download or buy from Amazon that, in addition to being really interesting, provide both sides of the case for pesticide use being the culprit.
I started beekeeping in 2013 and have just completed my first winter season...devastating for colonies in MI, MN and WI. I do have some colonies that have survived up to now, but many beekeepers in my area lost all their bees due to the extreme cold this year.
We need the bees for pollination....with no bees, it is estimated that 50% of everything you put on your plate will not be available.
In one of the videos, a commercial beekeeper in Arizona, lost 1000"s of colonies of bees in one area...they just up and disappeared. A good colony will have 40-50,000 bees in it.
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