We’ve gotten a note from Tessa Dingman at Project Apis m. about a webinar on what they’ve found out so far about the big bee die off this spring.

From all reports it’s much bigger than the 40% annual losses that seem to be reported every year. Those reports also usually say that commercial beekeepers have the lowest losses, presumably because they actively manage their bees.

One always suspects that the 40% loss level might over-represent inexperienced beekeepers. Certainly most experienced beekeepers I know have lower losses than that. The USDA ELAP program supports beekeepers who lose more than 22% of their colonies in a year, which is what they consider baseline.

We should find out from this webinar how big the losses are and hopefully some strong clues about the causes.

The Webinar is Friday Feb. 28 at noon (EST)

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This is Tessa Dingman, Project Apis m. Communication Manager. The press release for our upcoming webinar is delayed (look for that in the next coming days), but registration for the zoom webinar is now open! You can secure your spot for this discussion on colony losses by visiting our event page:

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