Published January 28, 2010, 12:00 AM


In this Jan. 14 photo, honey bees are seen working during the Pennsylvania Farm Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pa. A survey of beekeepers published in the January issue of the Journal of Apicultural Research finds the percentage of operations reporting having lost colonies with colony collapse disorder symptoms decreased to 26 percent last winter, compared to 38 percent the previous season and 36 percent the season before that.

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Read the article: Survey: Bees doing better; Colony-collapse losses decline