You've probably heard about colony collapse disorder and the many problems facing our bee population. These issues have persisted for nearly a decade but this winter was particularly disastrous for US beekeepers. Between June 2024, and January 2025, 62% of commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died . That's the largest die off on record, and it comes on the heels of a 55% die-off the previous winter. What's going on? We decided to ask Adam Novicki , an agriculture supervisor at the University of California's Agriculture and Natural Resources Department. He works at the Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Camarillo. He was also, for a few years, a hobbyist beekeeper . Evan Kleiman: So let's talk about this past winter and what happened. Why did so many hives

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