This is your chance to help researchers and industry leaders take the pulse of the beekeeping industry by recording managed honey bee colony losses and providing insights on beekeeping practices across the United States. Results of the survey are important in many ways, from helping to raise awareness and resources for beekeeping, to setting research directions within our great network of land-grant universities, to evaluating extension beekeeping programs performed across the country.

Please contribute as a Citizen Scientist to this monitoring effort, first started by the Bee Informed Partnership and now continued by Auburn University, the Apiary Inspectors of America, Oregon State University, and our beekeeping industry partners nationwide by midnight on April 30th. All US beekeepers aged 18 and over – from backyard hobbyists to those running multi-state commercial operations – are invited to participate. The survey will take 20-30 minutes to complete.