QID Quarterly Colony Loss - April 2015

QUARTERLY COLONY LOSS - April 2015
			OMB No. 0535- Approval Expires: 2/4/2015 Project Code: 115 QID:       SMetaKey: 3690
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

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SECTION 1 - APIARIES

1. Between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015, did this operation own or control any apiaries?
	2705	1 Yes – Go to Section 2 3 No – Go to Section 9

SECTION 2 - COLONIES OWNED

1. On January 1, 2015, how many total colonies did this operation own, regardless of location? . . . . . .	2706
2. On March 31, 2015, how many total colonies did this operation own, regardless of location? . . . . . . .	2707

SECTION 3 - COLONIES BY STATE: JANUARY THROUGH MARCH

1. Please report for all colonies owned by this operation between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015.

O F F I C E U S E	1		2		3	4	5	6
	Between January 1 and March 31, in which states were your colonies located? (Exclude states that were only passed through to reach a destination state.)		Were these colonies located in this state on January 1: (Check “No” if colonies were moved into the state after January 1)		How many colonies did you have in this state on January 1, or when they were first moved into this state after January 1?	Of the (column 3) colonies, how many were completely lost/dead out between January 1 and March 31?	Of the (column 3) colonies, how many were requeened and/or received nucs/packages between January 1 and March 31? (Exclude completely lost/dead out colonies reported in column 4.)	How many new colonies did you add in this state between January 1 and March 31? (Include splits, newly created, and replacements of lost/dead out colonies. Exclude colonies reported in column 5.)
	(State)		Yes	No	(Colonies)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)
2710	A		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715
2710	B		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715
2710	C		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715
2710	D		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715
2710	E		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715
2710	F		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715
2710	G		2711 1	3	2712	2713	2714	2715

SECTION 4 – COLONIES RENOVATED/ADDED

1. Between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015, how many new colonies were added or received new honey bees by the following methods?

	None	Colonies
a. Purchased package (with or without queen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2760
b. Purchased nuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2761
c. Purchased queen/queen cell only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2762
d. Self-created queen/queen cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2763
e. Captured swarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2764

SECTION 5 – LOSS

1. Of the total colonies owned between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015, did any lost colonies experience all of the following symptoms?

Little to no build-up of dead bees in the hive or at the hive entrance Rapid loss of adult bee population despite the presence of queen, capped brood, and food reserves Absence or delayed robbing of the food reserves Loss not attributable to Varroa or Nosema loads
2770	1 Yes - Continue 3 No - Go to Section 6 4 No Loss - Go to Section 6 2 Don't Know - Go to Section 6
		Colonies
2. How many colonies did you lose that experienced all of the symptoms in Item 1? . . . . . . . . . . . . .		2771

SECTION 6 – COLONY HEALTH: JANUARY THROUGH MARCH

1. Of the total colonies owned between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015, how many colonies by state were affected by the following, but not necessarily lost? Note: The total of columns 2 through 7 may exceed the total number of colonies in a state.

	Varroa Mites	Other Pests and Parasites 1	Diseases 2	Pesticides	Other 3	Unknown
(State)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)	(Colonies)
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782
2774	2775	2776	2777	2780	2781	2782

1/ Includes Tracheal Mites, Nosema, Hive beetle, Wax moths, etc.

2/ Includes American and European foulbrood, Chalkbrood, Stonebrood, Paralysis (acute and chronic), Kashmir, Deformed Wing, Sacbrood, IAPV, Lake Sinai II, etc.

3/ Includes weather, starvation, insufficient forage, queen failure, hive damage/destroyed, etc.

SECTION 7 – COMMENTS

     

SECTION 8 - CHANGE IN OPERATION

1. Has the operation named on the label been sold or turned over to someone else?

Yes – Identify the new operator(s) No – Go to Section 9

Operation Name:

Operator Name:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Phone: ( ) -

SECTION 9 - CONCLUSION

1. Do you make any day-to-day decisions for any other apiaries?

₁Yes – List other operations: ____________________________________________________________________

₃No

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

Respondent Name: __

9911 Phone: (_____) _____-- __________

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est

9901

1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth

9902

1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other

9903

9998

9900

9985

9989

__ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

Optional Use

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name