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08/22/2026

US Beekeepers Lost 39.9% of Colonies This Year, Down From Two Straight Years Above 55%

The latest national survey shows losses easing off record highs, but the industry says even the "better" number is nowhere near sustainable.

08/15/2026

Beekeepers Lost 40% of Their Colonies Last Year. That Counts as an Improvement.

The 2025-26 U.S. Beekeeping Survey shows losses easing off two years of record die-offs, but 39.9% is still nearly triple what the industry can absorb long-term.

08/08/2026

Low Doses of a Common Pesticide Leave Bumblebees Alive but Reproductively Damaged

A Georgia Tech study finds that sulfoxaflor, sprayed on more than 200 million U.S. acres, alters gene expression in bumblebee ovaries at exposure levels regulators consider safe.

07/31/2026

US Honeybee Colonies Lost 55.6% Last Year, the Worst Die-Off on Record

Amitraz-resistant mites are killing commercial hives faster than beekeepers can rebuild them, and almond growers are already paying more for pollination.

07/25/2026

The Bees Are Showing Up Late — And Crops Can't Wait

As warming temperatures scramble the timing between flowering and pollinator emergence, growers are turning to artificial and robotic pollination to close the gap nature no longer can.

07/25/2026

A Pesticide Passes Every Safety Test—Then Silently Shuts Down Bee Reproduction

New gene-level evidence shows sulfoxaflor may be suppressing bumblebee fertility in ways the tests used to approve it were never designed to catch.

07/24/2026

135 Researchers Just Warned Europe Is Heading Toward a Pollinator Crisis

A new white paper spanning eight research consortia says fragmented policy, not a lack of data, is the biggest obstacle to reversing pollinator decline.