# Since 2006, U.S. beekeepers have experienced unsustainable colony die-offs, averaging over 30% each year **URL:** \ **Category:** Pests and Diseases\ **Created:** [March 30, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093 "2016-03-30T21:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/valli/32/159_2.png) [@Valli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Valli)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093/1 "2016-03-30T21:40:32Z")
> **[GAO Report Finds USDA, EPA Not Doing Enough to Protect Pollinators - Beyond...](https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2016/03/gao-report-finds-usda-epa-not-doing-enough-to-protect-pollinators/)** > > (Beyond Pesticides, March 15, 2016) Executive agencies are falling short in their efforts to protect honey bees and other wild pollinators from catastrophic declines, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).... ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Bush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/michael_bush/32/1024_2.png) [@Michael\_Bush](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Michael_Bush)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093/2 "2016-03-30T21:48:42Z")
Yet we seem to be sustaining them so far. It’s the beekeeping methods that are unsustainable. ---
**Author:** ![Valli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/valli/32/159_2.png) [@Valli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Valli)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093/3 "2016-03-30T21:49:53Z")
> **[Minnesota Beekeepers Compensated for Bee Kills from Pesticide Drift - Beyond...](http://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2016/03/minnesota-beekeepers-compensated-for-bee-kills-from-pesticide-drift/)** > > (Beyond Pesticides, March 28, 2016) In the first test of a landmark beekeeper compensation law that works to protect beekeepers from the effects of toxic pesticides on their hives, Minnesota has recently compensated two beekeepers for pesticide drift... > [@](#): > > Last spring, a farmer across their road planted neonicotinoid (neonic) coated corn seeds on a windy day, resulting in the death of their bees as toxic dust from planting drifted on to their property. Tests performed by MDA during the investigation found acute levels of clothianidin in the dead bees, even days after the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Bush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/michael_bush/32/1024_2.png) [@Michael\_Bush](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Michael_Bush)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093/4 "2016-03-31T13:28:43Z")
That’s good news that they finally documented a bee die off from this. There have been a lot of suspected die offs from the dust drift from planting corn, but this is the first documented case I’ve seen AND they got some compensation for once. ---
**Author:** ![Valli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/valli/32/159_2.png) [@Valli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Valli)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093/5 "2016-03-31T13:35:33Z")
> [@Michael\_Bush](#): > > AND they got some compensation for once. I think small wins like this will become more the norm - unfortunately the chemical suppliers throw lots of money at these cases to make them go away ---
**Author:** ![jape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jape](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jape)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/since-2006-u-s-beekeepers-have-experienced-unsustainable-colony-die-offs-averaging-over-30-each-year/6093/6 "2016-03-31T14:45:31Z")
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