2014 Survey
Survey Spring 2014
New York Bee Wellness
207 non-migratory beekeepers reporting
2281 Sum of colonies in November 2013
1235 Sum of colonies in April 2014 (loss of 1046)
11 Average # of honey bee colonies per beekeeper (range 1-170 colonies):
10.98 average # of colonies in November
5.93 average # of colonies in April
46% average loss
Cold (42%) and starvation (29%) top 2 reported causes of colony death.
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Alphabetical List of NY State Counties; 50 (~80%) reported |
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Albany 8 |
Franklin 2 |
Oneida 6 |
Seneca 1 |
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Some respondent comments: -”Honey/ pollen flows were poor in late summer/ early fall of 2013 so bees went into winter light. That would have been O.K. in normal winter. Winter of 2013/14 was coldest ever observed so stores were exhausted. “ -“ saved honey from the fall and started feeding them in Feb. since it was such a bad winter. They would have died if I had not given them sugar cakes and the extra honey. “ -“100% of colonies in a styrofoam hives survived. The only losses I had were in wooden hives “ -”I am a newbie. This is my 2nd yr. I am happy to say my 2 hives appear alive and thriving. Other than that, I don’t have too much info to offer. “ -”Installed 2 new 3 lb. packages on March 31, 2014. I intend to use pulled comb & honey stores from dead outs to aid new packages. “ Bears were reported in almost all counties with the exception of the NYC metro area/Long Island and the south and southeast shore of Lake Ontario (Niagara, Wayne, Oswego counties). |
Note- further refinement of the results is possible , please contact me for info.
NYBeeWellness.org, P. Bono, Rochester NY, nybeewellness@gmail.com
Results of the 2013-2014 Beeinformed Survey (link)
Survey Graphics
Bear reports by county; Note- some counties did not report, so are left blank
