Yes, the global honey bee population has been growing steadily for a long time. This is due to increasing demand for honey and pollination services. In the US,

Yes, the global honey bee population has been growing steadily for a long time. This is due to increasing demand for honey and pollination services. In the US, it's been pretty stable even after colony collapse disorder appeared here in the mid-2000s. The rate at which individual colonies collapse has increased, but beekeepers have responded by creating more colonies to replace them. https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88117/err-246.pdf https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88117/err-246....