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Honeybees in the US may have just experienced their most severe die-off on record, and we don’t know exactly why.

“As of right now, it does look like this is going to be the largest colony loss that we’ve experienced in at least the last 25 years – and probably in US history,” says Scott McArt at Cornell University, New York.

Beekeepers in the US often experience some colony losses over the winter – for instance, about 37 per cent of managed colonies were lost between October 2023 and April 2024. But the scale of die-offs this winter seems to be far higher. According to figures released yesterday by Project Apis m., a non-profit that supports US beekeepers, about 55 per cent of colonies – an estimated 1.6 million – have been lost.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475203-largest-ever-us-honeybee-die-off-has-destroyed-1-6-million-colonies/

Image: Nicholas Klein/Alamy

03/20/2025

It's the first day of spring, so come step inside the un-bee-lievable, secret world of a bumblebee nest. Few people ever get the chance to see one ✨

Take a closer look with our free guide and discover:
👀 What a bumblebee nest looks like (and the difference to honeybee hives).
💫 How new bumblebees develop from tiny eggs into adults.
🌷 The flowers you can plant to support nests throughout their lifecycle.

🏡 View our free guide: https://ow.ly/8kK450V23uQ

📷 Tree bumblebee nest by Clare Flynn

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