The 2025 Australian Colony Loss Survey is about to open!

The Australian Colony Loss Survey team at the Australian National University (ANU) are working hard to bring the 2025 Colony Loss Survey questionnaire for a second round.

Launching 1st September.

Over 1000 beekeepers from across Australia took part in the 2024 Survey, giving us vital information about the most important current issues in Australian beekeeping. In this round, we’re hoping to hear from even more beekeepers! 

The Survey is your chance to tell the industry, government and researchers about the biggest challenges you faced as a beekeeper in 2025. Together, we can work out management strategies for them that will ensure a vibrant Australian honey bee industry for the future. 

The survey is for anyone and everyone who keeps bees anywhere in Australia! The survey take 7-15 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. You have until 1 November 2025 to have your say. 

Take the survey and find out more information about COLOSS on the website!

 

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In case you missed out!

Takee a sneak peak at the details so far and the promising information that Coloss has the potential to deliver, take a look at the recent AgriFutures Unearthed Podcast to help us to understand the reasons behind Coloss, how beekeepers can better understand that completing the survey is so important and some big comparisons between Australian’s overall losses and the rest of the world!

 

AgriFutures Australia Unearthed Podcast

Episode 2: To bee or not to bee

This episode of AgriFutures new look podcast Unearthed, delves into the hives of Australia’s European honeybee population and the impact of the varroa mite on both the beekeeping industry and the crops that depend on pollination. To help keep track of varroa’s spread, and stay ahead of emerging pests and disease challenges, an early warning system in the form of an annual Colony Loss Survey as been implemented as part of the National Varroa Transition to Management Program, managed by the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council with support from AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program. Find out what the first Col Loss survey has revealed about the health and threats to our hives on Unearthed: The people changing Australian agriculture.