One of Virginia’s most valuable agricultural assets, the honeybee, continues to struggle to survive."This past year we’re probably seeing higher losses than the year before,” said Keith Tignor, state apiarist with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “We’re still surveying, and it will be a few months before we know exact results. But informally we’re hearing of lots of bee losses.” Winter honeybee losses have averaged 31 percent over the past decade, according to statistics reported by Tignor to the Virginia Farm Bureau Emerging Agricultural Enterprises Committee on April 28.
Source: Clarke Daily News, May 5, 2011
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