Lot's o' bees here.
But, then again, a couple of ten thousand live here at chez pod, so that's good.
From talking to other bee-keepers in the area, especially those that go out and collect swarms, it has been a busy year. Well above average. Which is good.
However, the majority of the colony collapses are with the large organizations that truck hundreds of hives all over the country for the large commecial farms. Those bees are still having a problem.