Spring Survey 2025 NY Bee Wellness Results!

https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=b7958043b9

While the previous winter of 2023-24 resulted in a very low loss of 19%, the harsher, prolonged winter of 2024-25 resulted in doubling the loss to 38% statewide. The South Central and North Central regions had the lowest losses : 16% and 27%; Northern and Western NY had the highest losses at 45% and 46%. Oxalic acid was the preferred varroa mite treatment (48%), and 50% of respondents wrapped their hives for the winter. Small weak clusters/starvation (~23%), varroa/virus (21%), and cold weather (21%) were the most common reasons given as the primary cause of winter hive loss.

Winter loss for the NYS Regions:

So. Central	16%	NYC Metro	43%
No. Central	27%	Eastern	43%
Central	38%	Western	45%
Southeast	41%	Northern	46%

558 Non-migratory beekeepers reported from 59 of 62 counties in NYS; average of 10 hives per beekeeper
5,440 hives in November; 3,362 hives in April; Loss of 2,078 hives; 23% reported NO loss of colonies
38%- Average loss of colonies during the winter of 2024-2025 ; 40% loss of reported nucsThe loss for the Winter of 2023-2024 was 19%
2022-2023 was 28%
2021-2022 was 28%
2020-2021 was 40%
2019-2020 was 29%
2018-2019 was 40%
2017-2018 was 35%
2016-2017 was 48%
2015-2016 was 24%
2014-2015 was 28%
2013-2014 was 48%. PDF of the Spring 2025 Survey