Researchers have been able to tack a percentage to the winter bee loss that the industry is facing.
Experts at the 2014 Almond Conference earlier this month told attendees that colony collapse disorder may just be a combination of other factors all happening at once. The simple fact is that bees are dying off at an alarming rate during winter. Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Dennis vanEngelsdorp says there is a large difference between the bee keepers perceived sustainable loss numbers and the actual percentage they found from their research.