There's a glimmer of hope for America's ailing honeybees as winter losses were the lowest in more than a decade, according to a U.S. survey of beekeepers released Thursday. Beekeepers lost 21 percent of their colonies over last winter, the annual Bee Informed Partnership survey found. That's the lowest winter loss level since the survey started in 2006 and an improvement from nearly 27 percent the winter before. The 10-year average for winter losses is 28.4 percent. About one third of the honey bee colonies that were around in April 2016 were dead a year later, the survey found.

Source: ABC News May 25, 2017 13:07 UTC