There's a New Type of Bee and
You're Not Going to Like It
@greenmanjph -- I only have one hive at the moment and this one is my second one. By that, I mean that I lost my first hive after about 3 years over last winter. I don't know what happened, they had plenty of food stores and minimal mites. They thrived the first two years and even gave us about 26 pounds of honey one summer. After speaking with other keepers in the area who lost a lot more than my one little hive, I found out that there was a 45 - 50% hive loss across the US. The keeper I speak to every few months lost 9 out of 26 hives, and they been beekeeping for over 20 years. They, and not even Cornell University who has a special beekeeping section know what happened last winter. It could've been the crazy winter with the up and down temps. Hopefully my new hive will survive this winter. 🤞
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