As a bee keeper who has seen my colonies destroyed, I keep an eye out.
There have been no honey bees at the usual flowers/shrub in my yard. We have been very dry and times for bees are hard.
This week they found my humming bird feeder and in three days drained it dry
Our big bloom is already past and gone, we got 18 frames of honey off the tulip poplar bloom. The bees had put up quite a bit of fall bloom honey after that, so we stole some. We'll feed them sugar syrup if they run short.
As I understand it, the problem here in the United States is Colony Collapse Disorder where entire colonies of bees essentially abandon the hive. They leave and there are no dead bees to study or diagnose... so blaming pesticide without such testing is difficult. Cololnies lost to mites, waxmoths and other such things are far more easily diagnosed. That said, honeybees are vital to our food supply. I’m getting two hives and starting in the Spring. I’ve been studying up for a year now, and I can’t wait to get started.