Dutch honeybee losses hit 24% as winter mortality crisis persists

Widespread loss of honeybee colonies threatens pollination services, food security, and agricultural productivity across the Netherlands.

For the fourth consecutive year, Dutch honeybee colonies have perished at a rate exceeding one in five, with the winter of 2025–2026 claiming 24% of hives across the Netherlands. Researchers at Wageningen University & Research, surveying hundreds of beekeepers alongside national agricultural bodies, find the losses neither random nor easily explained — shaped by regional disparities, parasitic mites, and an invasive predator still finding its footing. What unfolds here is not merely an ecological statistic but a slow unraveling of the invisible labor that sustains the food on every Dutch table

Dutch honeybee losses hit 24% as winter mortality crisis persists

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