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By Caleb Hicks and Caleb Hicks | Auburn University | May 23
Auburn University Bee Lab research technician Emily Muehlenfeld examines honey bees in a bee hive. The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate.