HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - What’s the buzz about honeybee health? Experts are reporting that the bee industry is fragile after commercial beekeepers started reporting a startling statistic. “Reports ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition has requested the USDA Agricultural Research Service authorize its scientists to share analysis of what caused “catastrophic losses” of 60% of U.S. honey bee colonies.

The "catastrophic" and escalating loss of honey bee colonies across the United States is concerning experts. A nationwide survey of beekeepers "has revealed catastrophic honey bee colony losses across ...

Commercial beekeepers suffered colony losses of 62% between June and February, according to a nationwide survey. “This is unprecedented and a crisis,” said Matt Mulica, facilitator of the Honey Bee ...

A catastrophic loss of bee colonies over the winter has been blamed on a mite that injects a virus into the bees and spreads the deadly pathogen throughout their colonies. Between 60% to 70% of the ...

After hearing whispering and outcries from commercial beekeepers about their colonies dying sporadically and mysteriously, Project Apis m. — a leading organization in the world of honey bees — ...

A majority of beekeepers around the country have lost at least half of their honey bees in a mysterious disappearance over the last nine months that has baffled scientists. Commercial beekeepers, with ...

A virus spread by mites is responsible for the death of 60-70% of commercially managed bee colonies in the U.S. The varroa mite, resistant to common miticides, carries the deadly virus. Other factors, ...