Honeybees are dying off and last winter U.S. populations dropped by 30 percent. NOAA Heavy Honeybee Losses Reported Over Winter -- Discovery News
The 30 percent drop was significant, but was at least less steep than the previous winter.
* Honeybee colonies nationwide have reduced in number by 30 percent, based on a recent survey.
* The decline is higher than normal but is less than losses of 34 percent sustained for the previous winter.
* Experts encourage individuals to plant pollinator gardens and otherwise join in the fight to save honeybees.
Honeybee colonies in the United States reduced in number by 30 percent over the 2010-2011 winter, according to a recently released annual survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA).
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