The Estimated Impact of Bee Colony Collapse Disorder on Almond Pollination Fees

Hoy Carman

from ARE Update Vol. 14, No. 5, May/June, 2011

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Abstract

Almond pollination fees have risen sharply in recent years. This article shows that the fee increase is due in roughly equal parts to the expansion of almond acreage and the occurrence of Bee Colony Collapse Disorder.

Citation

Hoy Carman. 2011. "The Estimated Impact of Bee Colony Collapse Disorder on Almond Pollination Fees." ARE Update 14(5): 9-11. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1453327760/16863/