{"id":1657,"date":"2024-05-08T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:34:00","slug":"americas-honeybee-population-hits-an-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/americas-honeybee-population-hits-an-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s honeybee population hits an all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>\u00a0 \u00a0  The new Census of Agriculture shows 3.8 million honeybee colonies, a rise of almost a million colonies in the last five years, making honeybees the fastest-growing livestock segment in the country. <br><br>These optimistic new numbers have sparked hope in pollinator enthusiasts nationwide, but another data set from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the annual honey report, shows a decline in bee colonies. Is there actually a bee boom? <br><br><em>The Washington Post<\/em>\u2019s Department of Data (a project that regularly delves into the answers behind statistics) explains that the definition of a \u201cfarmer\u201d may be behind the discrepancy between the two reports. <br><br>One thing is clear from this story: Beekeepers are employing new tactics to deal with mites, fungi and diseases that have caused colony collapse in domesticated bee populations. <br><br>Get the buzz on the status of bees\u2014a vital part of our agricultural production <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=42267902&amp;msgid=2119291&amp;act=UI9S&amp;c=983301&amp;pid=3345746&amp;destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2024%2F03%2F29%2Fbees-boom-colony-collapse%2F&amp;cf=22432&amp;v=52e7378c9e05924a2c35a7f1dcac1626b011a3bc4bd3ca668cdac36897b37599\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The new Census of Agriculture shows 3.8 million honeybee colonies, a rise of almost a million colonies in the last five years, making honeybees the fastest-growing livestock segment &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}