Winter Loss Survey Closing Soon Thank you so much to everyone who has already completed this year's winter loss survey. The online survey closes at 11pm this Saturday (28th June), so there's just a little time left to share your winter data. The responses provide a valuable picture of beekeeping in Scotland, with a strong focus on colony losses and colony management practice. Data from this survey will also contribute, in anonymised form, to our annual data return to the COLOSS group's international database used to study colony losses and potential risk factors for colony loss. This provides valuable information on colony losses in many different countries. We are asking for your participation in the survey online and we very much hope that you will take a few minutes to fill in the responses. There are a few questions for non-beekeepers and relatively new beekeepers, as well as more questions for established beekeepers in Scotland. If you have the relevant information to hand, the full survey (consisting of 15 short question groups) should take no more than about 10 to 15 minutes. It is possible to re-visit earlier questions if you need to do that, using the options at the foot of the page. A diagram which may be helpful in completing the colony loss questions can be found above or by clicking here. You will be given an opportunity to provide us with your contact details, but if you choose not to do so, there is no way in which the survey organisers can link you with the responses you have given. To participate, please click on the link below or the diagram above. https://outreach.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/outreach/buzz/index.php/679512?newtest=Y&lang=en Thank you very much for your time Alison Gray (Survey Organiser) Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Strathclyde, Glasgow