60 percent of bees lost over winter in Va

In Virginia, the Department of Agriculture found that there was a loss of nearly 60 percent of honeybees over the 2017-2018 winter season.

“The winter losses were 59.5 percent,” said Keith Tignor, State Apiarist.

This is the highest rate since 2000, which was when the state began monitoring bee winter losses.
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