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| Decline in Bees due to Winter Weather. | |
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| Audi-Tek | 13 Jun 2013, 02:38 PM Post #1 |
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Decline in Bees due to Winter Weather.![]() The British Beekepers Association released a press statement today saying that honey bee colony losses during the winter of 2012/2013 were the worst since the Association's winter survival survey began. A third of all colonies were lost, more than double the losses from the previous year. Losses were recorded in all regions of England. The Association said that the losses were primarily due to poor and changeable weather at the end of 2102 and into the beginning of 2013. This was exacerbated by the late arrival of spring and the fact that the summer of 2012 was a poor one for foraging and gathering pollen. This affected the queens and caused some colonies to die-out. The survey of BBKA members measures the number of their colonies that survived the winter to 31 March 2013 compared with the number alive at 1 October 2012. Impact of bad weather on honey bee colonies: • Inability of the bees to forage during the year resulting in poorly developed colonies • Scarcity of pollen and nectar throughout the season; even if in flower, nectar output is temperature dependent. • Poor weather at the time of mating of the new virgin queens resulting in inadequately mated queens leading to drone laying queens and colonies which can ultimately die out • Inadequate nutrition, especially pollen during the late summer when the specialised bees which take the colony through the winter are born. Source .............http://www.rmets.org/ |
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