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From: tomrappahan@gmail.com<BR>Reply-to: tom@vanarsdall.com<BR>To:
lda@pollinator.org<BR>Sent: 5/10/2013 1:02:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight
Time<BR>Subj: Fwd: Survey of Bee Losses in the U.S. During Winter of 2012/2013
was 31.1 percent from all causes, according to the annual survey conducted by
the Bee Informed Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America and funded by
the USDA - The survey notes that <BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>From: "FIEN,
LLC - Jimmy Liu" <<A title=mailto:liu@fien.com
href="mailto:liu@fien.com">liu@fien.com</A>><BR>Date: May 10, 2013 12:44
PM<BR>Subject: Survey of Bee Losses in the U.S. During Winter of 2012/2013 was
31.1 percent from all causes, according to the annual survey conducted by the
Bee Informed Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America and funded by
the USDA - The survey notes that ...<BR>To: <<A title=mailto:liu@fien.com
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Survey of Bee
Losses in the U.S. During Winter of 2012/2013 was "... 31.1 percent from all
causes ..." according to the annual survey conducted by the Bee Informed
Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and funded by the USDA
- The survey notes that this "... represents an increase in loss of 9.2 points
or 42 percent over the previous 2011/2012 winter's total losses that were
estimated at 21.9 percent ... One difference noted this winter was that there
were more colonies that dwindled away, rather than suffering from the onset of
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), where colony populations are lost suddenly ...
More than two-thirds of responding beekeepers (70 percent) reported losses
greater than 14 percent, the level of loss that beekeepers stated as allowing
them to remain economically viable as a business ..." </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Document
Title: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The title of
the May 6, 2013 USDA ARS Fact Sheet is "Survey of Bee Losses During Winter of
2012/2013"<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">USDA ARS Press
Office <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Bee Informed
Partnership <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Source:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">May 6, 2013
USDA ARS Fact Sheet <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">May 2, 2013
Bee Informed Partnership "Winter Loss Survey 2012 – 2013: Preliminary Results"
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Web site:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The May 6,
2013 USDA ARS Fact Sheet is posted at <BR><A
title=http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/beelosses/index.htm
href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/beelosses/index.htm" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/beelosses/index.htm</SPAN></A>
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The abstract
for the survey is available at <BR><A
title=http://beeinformed.org/2013/05/winter-loss-survey-2012-2013
href="http://beeinformed.org/2013/05/winter-loss-survey-2012-2013"
target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://beeinformed.org/2013/05/winter-loss-survey-2012-2013</SPAN></A>
<BR>* A complete analysis of the survey data "... will be published later this
year ..." <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Information
about the Bee Informed Partnership is available at <BR><A
title=http://beeinformed.org/ href="http://beeinformed.org/"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">http://beeinformed.org</SPAN></A>
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">USDA ARS has
posted information about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) at <BR><A
title=http://www.ars.usda.gov/CCD href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/CCD"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">http://www.ars.usda.gov/CCD</SPAN></A>
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Contact:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Questions may
be directed to the following individuals: <BR>* Dennis vanEngelsdorp who is a
research scientist with the Department of Entomology at the University of
Maryland in College Park and Director of the Bee Informed Partnership at <A
title="tel:301 405 3942" href="tel:301%20405%203942" target=_blank
value="+13014053942">301 405 3942</A>; fax: <A title="tel:301 314 9290"
href="tel:301%20314%209290" target=_blank value="+13013149290">301 314
9290</A>; e-mail: <A title=mailto:Dennis.vanEngelsdorp@gmail.com
href="mailto:Dennis.vanEngelsdorp@gmail.com" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">Dennis.vanEngelsdorp@gmail.com</SPAN></A> <BR>* Jeff
Pettis who is the Research Leader of the USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory in
Beltsville, Maryland at <A title="tel:301 504 7299"
href="tel:301%20504%207299" target=_blank value="+13015047299">301 504
7299</A>; fax: <A title="tel:301 504 8736" href="tel:301%20504%208736"
target=_blank value="+13015048736">301 504 8736</A>; e-mail: <A
title=mailto:Jeffery.Pettis@ARS.USDA.gov
href="mailto:Jeffery.Pettis@ARS.USDA.gov" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">Jeffery.Pettis@ARS.USDA.gov</SPAN></A>
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Summary:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The text of
the May 6, 2013 USDA ARS Fact Sheet follows: <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Total losses
of managed honey bee colonies nationwide were 31.1 percent from all causes for
the 2012/2013 winter, according to the annual survey conducted by the Bee
Informed Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA - <A
title=http://www.apiaryinspectors.org/ href="http://www.apiaryinspectors.org/"
target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://www.apiaryinspectors.org/</SPAN></A> ) and funded
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* Bee losses
for the 2011/2012 winter were 22 percent. This past winter’s losses are
slightly higher than the previous 6-year average loss of 30.5 percent.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* The survey,
which covered from October 2012 through April 2013, was conducted by
University of Maryland research scientist Dennis vanEngelsdorp, who is also
director of the Bee Informed Partnership, in collaboration with Jeff Pettis,
research leader of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research
Laboratory (<A
title=http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-45-33-00
href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-45-33-00"
target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-45-33-00</SPAN></A>
) in Beltsville, Md., and others. More information about the Bee Informed
Partnership is available online at <A title=http://beeinformed.org/
href="http://beeinformed.org/" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://beeinformed.org</SPAN></A> .
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* One
difference noted this winter was that there were more colonies that dwindled
away, rather than suffering from the onset of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD),
where colony populations are lost suddenly. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* One major
difference in this survey is that beekeepers who later took honey bees to
California to pollinate almonds reported higher losses than beekeepers who did
not take their bees to pollinate almonds. Nearly 20 percent of the beekeepers
who pollinated almonds lost 50 percent or more of their colonies, according to
vanEngelsdorp. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More than
two-thirds of responding beekeepers (70 percent) reported losses greater than
14 percent, the level of loss that beekeepers stated as allowing them to
remain economically viable as a business. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* Beekeepers
did not report CCD as a major cause of colony loss this past winter, which
follows the previous year’s trend. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* More than
6,000 U.S. beekeepers responded to the survey. Those beekeepers manage about
600,000 colonies, which represent nearly 22 percent of the country’s estimated
2.62 million colonies. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* The abstract
for the survey can be found at <A
title=http://beeinformed.org/2013/05/winter-loss-survey-2012-2013
href="http://beeinformed.org/2013/05/winter-loss-survey-2012-2013"
target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">http://beeinformed.org/2013/05/winter-loss-survey-2012-2013</SPAN></A>
. A complete analysis of the survey data will be published later this year.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* Funding for
the survey came from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of USDA’s
National Institute of Food and Agriculture. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* More
information about honey bee health and CCD can be found at <A
title=http://www.ars.usda.gov/ccd href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/ccd"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">www.ars.usda.gov/ccd</SPAN></A> .
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
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