Varroa mite infestation and dry weather contributed to a 2.2 percent decline in Hawai’i honey production last year, according to the local office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Honey production in the province Khorasan Razavi is reduced by 90 percent because of drought.
Home-produced honey could run out by Christmas because of a fall in the UK bee population, experts have warned.
As the days get shorter, something’s missing when Cranston peers at the frames that house her colonies: honey. “It’s the saddest year ever,” she said.
WALES’ ailing honeybee population is being given artificial insemination after a second successive washout summer which has seen numbers fall to dangerously low levels.
On days when temperatures exceed 100 degrees, bees collect more water to cool the hive to protect immature bees and ward against a meltdown, says University of California, Davis bee specialist Susan Cobey.
The pitter-patter of rainfall may lead to the buzz of bees. Recent rains have given this year’s killer bee population in the Phoenix area a jump start, say exterminators in that city, and one Somerton beekeeper says the rains could increase bee swarms in the Yuma area.
The Valley has seen a lot of rain this year and with that rain has come swarms of bees. While bees pose a big danger, they are also a vital part of the food chain. Honey bee pollination is worth 15 billion dollars to the US food supply and helps produce a third of the nation’s food. Fox 10’s Laura Sambol has more on the new rules being imposed to protect the honey bee population…..
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