Un-bee-lievable! Texas leads in most bee farms nationally

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unbee-lievable: The American honeybee population has soared to record heights amid concerted efforts at the national and local level to bolster bee colonies, according to a data analysis from The Washington Post.

The 2022 Census of Agriculture dataset released earlier this year found there are 3.8 million bee colonies in the U.S., up from nearly 2.9 million recorded in the 2017 Census of Agriculture estimate. Texas leads as the top producer of bee farms nationally, with...