What has caused the massive loss of honeybees in the last few years?
Honeybee colonies are being decimated by varroa mites. Varroa mites are a mite the size of a pin head that grows on the honeybee pupae and causes the honeybees to weaken and die. Recently, the beekeeping community has had large losses by people moving bees for pollination. This has been called “Colony Colapse Dissorder.” I believe it is more problems caused by weakened hives, nutrition and varoa mite.
