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I'm no expert but surveying the number of kept hives doesn't tell you anything about the health of those hives or the total number of living bees. If colonies

I'm no expert but surveying the number of kept hives doesn't tell you anything about the health of those hives or the total number of living bees. If colonies are indeed collapsing, beekeepers may need to start more hives to deal with greater attrition rates.

beardicus 10y ago
The article does address this fact, though the headline writer chose to omit any such subtlety.