The following article was originally written for National Nut Grower magazine for their May/June 2025 edition. I was able to chat with Matthew Mulica, who leads the Honey Bee Health Coalition and their project Apis m. In his interview we got a chance to discuss new survey data regarding the pollinator population–and the results really sting. You can read the article in its entirety here.

Pollinators get to work in a field of almond trees. Photo courtesy of Project Apis m.