Texas beekeepers lost 61% of their honey bee colonies -- nearly 60,000 hives over the past year, according to the most recent statewide survey of more than 400 beekeepers.This was one of the steepest declines in beehives ever recorded in Texas, said Garett Slater, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service honey bee specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of ...