Experts sound alarm as North America’s bees start swarm season unusually early

“If we are seeing all of a sudden … [that] the bees are laying eggs all year round because the climate is warming, and they are swarming earlier because of it, then this may also point to varroa mites reproducing at unprecedented rates … It will be interesting to look at how this early season connects to this year’s winter losses,” he said...

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/17/north-america-bees-early-swarm-season