San Antonio-area beekeepers are reeling after discovering the sudden deaths of roughly two dozen urban hives over several weeks — a wave that many local keepers say is unprecedented.
Since late summer, members of the Alamo Area Beekeepers Association (AABA) say they have experienced the sudden collapse of 20 to 30 of their hives, or possibly more — equating to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of local bees. The association has launched an internal task force to look into the exact cause of the hive deaths, with symptoms exhibited by the bees pointing to a poisoning event or events.
Click below to read the article published September 23, 2024 by the San Antonio Recorder.
‘I’ve never seen a knockout punch as strong as this’: Beekeepers troubled by wave of hive deaths