Rate of US honeybee deaths too high

Honeybees are dying off at too high a rate to assure their long term survival. The total losses among hive honeybees across the country was 23.2% over the 2013-14 winter. That is better than the 30.5% loss over the 2012-13 winter, but the report said the death rate among honeybees over the last eight years was still too high for the bees' long term survival. Now, about a quarter of America's food crop depends on pollination from honeybees. A kind of insecticides, which either kill the bees outright or make them more susceptible to pests and disease. We must take action now to protect bees from pesticides