Texas bee decline. New filings, studies and numbers. Every item links to its source.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 355,000; peak 375,000 after about 20,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 8% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 8.7%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 330,000; peak 380,000 after about 50,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 8% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 9.1%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
Percent of Texas colonies affected, as reported by beekeepers to USDA (a colony can have more than one): varroa mites 11.2%, other pests and parasites 7%, diseases 0.8%, pesticides 4.3%, other 3%, unknown 0.7%.
Percent of Texas colonies affected, as reported by beekeepers to USDA (a colony can have more than one): varroa mites 17%, other pests and parasites 8%, diseases 7%, pesticides 6.8%, other 2%, unknown 4.8%.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 225,000; peak 335,000 after about 110,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 11% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 16.9%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 162,000; peak 300,000 after about 138,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 8% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 15.4%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
Percent of Texas colonies affected, as reported by beekeepers to USDA (a colony can have more than one): varroa mites 18.9%, other pests and parasites 2.5%, diseases 0.5%, pesticides 7.4%, other 3.5%, unknown 0.7%.
Percent of Texas colonies affected, as reported by beekeepers to USDA (a colony can have more than one): varroa mites 27%, other pests and parasites 14%, diseases 4.2%, pesticides 10.3%, other 5.3%, unknown 5.3%.
State-by-state colony counts, losses, additions and stressors, including Texas. Open the release for the figures.
EPA registration review docket for acetamiprid. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for dinotefuran. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for thiamethoxam. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for clothianidin. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for imidacloprid. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
Agriculture Department, Commodity Credit Corporation. Rule. This rule revises the regulations of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency…
Commerce Department, International Trade Administration. Notice. The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Ban Me Thout Honeybee Joint Stock Company (BMT) and DakLak Honeybee Joint Stock Company (DakHoney), sold raw honey from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (…
Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service. Rule. We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), a bumble bee historically known to occur broadly across the eastern United States and portions of Canada, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
EPA registration review docket for thiamethoxam. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
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Commerce Department, International Trade Administration. Notice. The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Ban Me Thout Honeybee Joint Stock Company (BMT), Daklak Honeybee Joint Stock Company (DakHoney), and 12 non-individually examined and separate-rate eligible exporters of raw honey from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietna…
EPA registration review docket for clothianidin. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for clothianidin. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 101,000; peak 190,000 after about 89,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 9% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 16.8%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 88,000; peak 107,000 after about 19,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 7% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 8%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 290,000; peak 300,000 after about 10,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 13% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 13.1%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
USDA count for operations with 5+ colonies. Started the quarter at 205,000; peak 290,000 after about 85,000 hives were moved into Texas. NASS loss rate 10% is figured against the peak; against the starting count it is 13.7%. Added = new or replacement colonies made by splitting or bought. Renovated = requeened or given a package or nuc.
NASS Honey Bee Colonies report (operations with five or more colonies). Jan-Mar 2025: 267,260 colonies lost (10%). Apr-Jun 2025: 292,630 lost (10%). The report carries state-by-state tables including Texas.
EPA registration review docket for thiamethoxam. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for imidacloprid. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
EPA registration review docket for clothianidin. Document type: Supporting & Related Material.
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EPA registration review docket for thiamethoxam. Document type: Other.
EPA registration review docket for clothianidin. Document type: Other.
EPA registration review docket for imidacloprid. Document type: Other.