A survey conducted last year by the British Beekeeping Association (BBKA) found most consider acceptable losses to be 15%.

While most apiarists start beekeeping as a hobby, the practice could offer some family farms a diversified stream of revenue.

Paul Hirsch, left, and Oliver Petkovski with the hives in winter. On a 15-degree winter day in north Evanston, Oliver Petkovski stood in a backyard, ...

Colorado's meteorological winter ended Feb. 28, with March 1 marking the beginning of the new spring weather season. According to the National Weather Service (NWS) and local climate experts, this ...

Although California beekeepers have not seen the devastating hive mortality this winter that they did in 2025, they say they’re still losing colonies.