Friends of the Earth: Bee Losses Highlight Urgent Need to Restrict Pesticides, Shift to Sustainable Agriculture

Washington, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual report on honey bee losses in the United States based on a national survey of beekeepersconducted with the Bee Informed Partnership. During the winter of 2013-2014, U.S. beekeepers lost 23.2 percent of their hives on average, which is lower than average losses in recent years, but considered too high to be sustainable. Preliminary results indicate that the number of summer bee losses…