Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off

Re:Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. hone... by ted_dunning on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @02:26PM (#44436742)

To be clear, the hives that are systematically reporting these severe die-offs are largely commercial hives.

There isn't a reporting structure for hobbyists. Look down-thread for an example of a hobbyist who lost their hive (and whose neighbor lost their hive).

This isn't limited to big operators.

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Re:Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. hone... by tptacek on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @02:40PM (#44436867)

Try this: go find a place that sells honeybee nucs (a starter hive). Then go to Archive.org and compare the prices 10 years ago. I took the first "storefront" hit on Google, and found archived pages back to 2016 --- in 2016, a queen was $40; today, $42.

If it's a collapse it seems like a slow collapse.

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Re:Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. hone... by cameron_b on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:56AM (#44443179)

Project Apis m. ( data source cited in the article [0] ) is not limited to commercial beekeepers, but many backyard keepers are not plugged in to the research on either end. I responded to the survey as a backyard keeper with 4 surviving hives.

[0] https://www.projectapism.org/colony-loss-information

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