The number of bee colonies is rebounding across America, nine years after a mysterious hive crisis caused beekeepers to warn of a “Beemageddon”.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports the number of bee colonies has increased from a low of 2.4 million in 2006 to 2.7 million last year– the most since 1994.
The department had been tracking declines in bee populations since the 1980s and by 2006 the crippling phenomenon was dubbed “colony collapse disorder.” No one was sure what was causing it, but beekeepers warned that losing 30% of hives each year would eventually wipe out bee populations across the country.
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