{"id":13769,"date":"2014-04-09T12:56:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/most-bee-deaths-reported-in-northern-europe\/"},"modified":"2014-04-09T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:55:59","slug":"most-bee-deaths-reported-in-northern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/most-bee-deaths-reported-in-northern-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Bee Deaths Reported in Northern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A new study covering 17 EU countries says that far more honeybees are dying in the UK and other parts of northern Europe than in Mediterranean countries.}}<\/p>\n

The European Commission says it is Europe’s most comprehensive study so far of bee colony deaths.<\/p>\n

Winter mortality was especially high for bees in Belgium (33.6%) and the UK (29%) in 2012-13. But in spring-summer 2013 France was highest with 13.6%.<\/p>\n

Bumblebees and other wild bees were not studied, nor were pesticide impacts.<\/p>\n

The study, called Epilobee, described 10% as an acceptable threshold for bee colony mortality – and Greece, Italy and Spain were among the countries with rates below that threshold.<\/p>\n

The mortality percentages are national estimates based on representative samples. All 17 countries applied the same data collection standards, the report says.<\/p>\n

The survey covered almost 32,000 bee colonies.<\/p>\n

But there is also much concern about death rates among wild bees, which are vital pollinators too.<\/p>\n

Last year the EU introduced a ban on four chemicals called neonicotinoids which are used in pesticides.<\/p>\n

They are believed to be linked to the collapse of bee colonies across Europe, though there is a heated scientific debate over the chemicals’ impact and many experts say further studies are needed.<\/p>\n

The Commission wanted pesticide impacts to be included in the Epilobee study, but it was overruled by member states’ governments.<\/p>\n

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