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Ohio's bee population recovering after disorder
Published: Monday, June 21, 2010
By Jacob Lammers
JLammers@News-Herald.com
Ohio's bees finally got their buzz back.
Three years after a winter die-off killed 80 percent of Lake County's honeybee colonies and about 37 percent of Ohio's colonies ? in large part because of colony collapse disorder ? the population has rebounded, authorities said.
"There's been a tremendous increase in the number of colonies," said Lake County Apiary Inspector Jim Davis, adding that Lake County has 14,538 honeybee colonies and at least 50 beekeepers.
"They've been right for a couple, three years."
There was no data available on the honeybee population before 2007...
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Ohio's bee population recovering after disorder
Published: Monday, June 21, 2010
By Jacob Lammers
JLammers@News-Herald.com
Ohio's bees finally got their buzz back.
Three years after a winter die-off killed 80 percent of Lake County's honeybee colonies and about 37 percent of Ohio's colonies ? in large part because of colony collapse disorder ? the population has rebounded, authorities said.
"There's been a tremendous increase in the number of colonies," said Lake County Apiary Inspector Jim Davis, adding that Lake County has 14,538 honeybee colonies and at least 50 beekeepers.
"They've been right for a couple, three years."
There was no data available on the honeybee population before 2007...