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Managed honeybee and bumble bee colonies in the US are up as much as 85%, a 60 year high...
Story Date: 9/23/2021
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Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 9/21/21
The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is amongst the best-monitored insects but the state of other managed pollinators is less well known. Here, we review the status and trends of all managed pollinators based on publicly accessible databases and the published literature. We found that, on a global scale, the number of managed A. mellifera colonies has increased by 85% since 1961 [with every region showing increases except Europe, which began reversing its decline in 2010], driven mainly by Asia. This contrasts with high reported colony overwinter mortality, especially in North America (average 26% since 2007) and Europe (average 16% since 2007).
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