According to the department of American agriculture survey, this winter around one out of four US honeybee colonies died. It is said that, this year 23 percent of bees colonies failed to survive because of the use of pesticides, parasites and diseases. Experts say rate of the death of bees is considerably lower than the average of eight years or last year, that is 30 percent.
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Dennis van Engelsdorp, Entomology Professor from the University of Maryland said, “It’s better news than it could have been,” He further added, “It’s not good news.”
From the university of Illinois entomology professor, May Berenbaum, stated;”It’s encouraging that if anything it’s not a steady downward trend,”
David Mendes, past president of the American Beekeeping Federation and a North Fort Myers beekeeper, believes according to the survey, number of the losses of bees is 30 percent but actually the rate of losses is comparatively even lower. According to him, in almond fields of California where “probably 100,000 hives got nailed,” he added.
90 percent of plant sources of honeybee’s pollination are flowering crops that includes nuts, broccoli, citrus fruits, melons, berries, apples and etc.
Beekeeper Mendes said “It’s a really wild ride,” he also added “It’s not a whole lot of fun.”
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