USA TODAY. U.S. beekeepers reported they lost 33% of their honey bee colonies over the past year.
America's beekeepers watched as a third of the country's honeybee colonies were lost over the last year, part of a decade-long die-off experts said may threaten our food supply.
The annual survey of roughly 5,000 beekeepers showed the 33% dip from April 2016 to April 2017.
The decrease is small compared to the survey's previous 10 years, when the decrease hovered at roughly 40%.
From 2012 to 2013, nearly half of the nation's colonies died.
"I would stop short of calling this 'good' news," said Dennis vanEngelsdorp, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.
It's hard to imagine any other agricultural sector being able to stay in business with such consistently high losses.". »