The 2020 USDA National Honey Bee Health Survey

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David Saleh, Research and Field Manager for the USDA National Honey Bee Disease and Pest Survey, visited Wetlands Apiary to perform the testing.

If interested, you need to have 8 or more hives in one location. A representative would visit your apiary in September or early October to collect virus, varroa and nosema samples from 8 hives. 

The visit takes between 2 to 3 hours and samples will be taken from 8 random colonies.  

It's an opportunity to get involved with a national monitoring project (while getting free info about your bees!). 

If interested, email hwhitehead@umass.edu to find out more.