The 2020 USDA National Honey Bee Health Survey

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.