Jeez, what a slaughter. 58% of them gone. I don’t think that banning neonicotinoid pesticides is THE answer, though. It’s an important step, but there’s no way that pesticides are completely reponsible for this. If anyone needs more proof that the industry must change their practices, this is it.
More than half of Ontario honey bee colonies died last winter: report | Toronto Star.
For comparison, our losses last winter were closer to 15%.