Upon hearing the news that a number of Front Range beekeepers lost most or all of their colonies over the winter, it might be easy to jump to the conclusion that the sky is falling, and that dead bees are falling to the ground with it.

Certainly, the loss of bee colonies is troubling, considering that the nation is still on the rebound from the effects of colony collapse, which was identified in 2006. That year, the number of colonies hit a low of 2.4 million. But since then, colonies across the country have rebounded, hitting 2.82 million by January of 2016, the USDA says.

According to a number of reports, America’s honeybees are not doomed. The Washington Post reported last July that 2014 numbers showed that managed colonies — commercial colonies managed by beekeepers — reached their highest level in 20 years.

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