I thought this had stabilized

I thought the honeybee crisis had stabilized, in a not good, but a not-dire state.

Turns out I was wrong.  And after I found this article, the Presidential administration announced steps to Help the Honeybees.


Article:  U.S. honeybees are disappearing very quickly, USDA finds

Losses of managed honey bee colonies hit 42.1 percent from April 2014 through April 2015, up from 34.2 percent for 2013-2014, and the second-highest annual loss seen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a report issued on Wednesday.

"Such high colony losses in the summer and year-round remain very troubling," Jeff Pettis, a USDA senior entomologist, said in a statement.

The 2014-15 yearly loss was down slightly from the 45 percent annual loss for 2012-2013 but well above the prior two years of annual measurements and above the benchmark of 18.7 percent that is considered economically unsustainable, USDA said.

Yeah, they need help. I like fruit.