For some years I have been tracking this topic, not as a bee specialist, rather as a Senior Food Security Adviser. I had the fortune to commission a "state of the situation" paper from an apiculture leader for Washington State. The result is a snapshot, one state - one analysis, well worth the 5 page read.
For some years I have been tracking this topic, not as a bee specialist, rather as a Senior Food Security Adviser. I had the fortune to commission a "state of the situation" paper from an apiculture leader for Washington State. The result is a snapshot, one state - one analysis, well worth the 5 page read.
The Status and Future of Washington Apiculture (Beekeeping)
James C Bach, WSDA State Apiarist, retired
https://agr.wa.gov/FoF/docs/Bees.pdf