Peter said  Maybe if he had compared the winter losses to neighboring states instead of the distant prairies he would have gotten a better picture.

from the same study, they didn't count commercial beeks that move their bees, so In Ny, I would speculate that most of the people replying would not be the large beeks?  how would that affect the state results?

http://beeinformed.org/2014/06/state-by-state-colony-loss-2013-2014/

The following table reports the total winter losses per state.  These losses were incurred between Oct 1, 2013 and April 1, 2014.  Beekeepers who moved their bees across state lines (migratory beekeepers) or managed stationary colonies in several states (multi-state beekeepers) are not included in specific state losses but are summarized together as multi-state beekeepers at the end of the table.

mike syracuse ny

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