This month brought the release of unsettling news about bees. A recent report stated that 40 percent of the United States honey bee colonies died over a 12-month period. About a week later, the Obama Administration unveiled a five-year strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other essential pollinators like monarch butterflies. A check-in now on the health of the bees in Massachusetts. Hotze Wijnja is an environmental chemist and bee expert from the State Department of Agriculture.