Overall mortality in some states exceeds 60%. There is a threat with multiple causes - one of these is the use of pesticides on nearby crops. There were massive

Overall mortality in some states exceeds 60%. There is a threat with multiple causes - one of these is the use of pesticides on nearby crops. There were massive reported losses in some states due to neonicitoid laced dust from automatic planters. Also, beware politicized science on both ends - you're better off looking at the raw data. 2014-2015 loss data: https://beeinformed.org/results/colony-loss-2014-2015-preliminary-results/ https://beeinformed.org/results/colony-loss-2014-2015-prelim... 2013-2014 loss data: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-015-0356-z http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-015-0356-z