NASS to study bee colony loss

 

NASS to study bee colony loss

The National Agricultural Statistics Service will be collecting information about colony loss in the honey industry throughout the United States.

The next Quarterly Colony Loss survey will be conducted during October. It will collect information about colony inventory and loss from more than 400 producers with honeybee colonies.

To ensure all survey participants have an opportunity to respond, NASS interviewers will contact producers who do not respond by mail or online to conduct interviews.

Results of these quarterly surveys are published annually in the Honey Bee Colonies report, which will be available on Aug. 1, 2025, officials said.