I have heard a bit about beehives dying off in the US. I have heard no talk about possible GM crop involvement. Has anyone seen any reports of possible Genetically Modified Crop involvement? It does seem like a coincidence both coming at the same time.

That's an interesting thought!

They have recently identified a virus that is a contributing factor. There were a lot of news articles about it; here's one I found by googling:

Bee virus

(Not saying that the gm crops are not a factor necessarily, but that they are zeroing in on what's happening.)

I know here in Ohio, there is usually a 30% die-off during the winter. This year however, it was up to 70%. We have a lot of orchards in the counties immediately surrounding me and this has been an ongoing topic. A friend of mine owns one of the larger apple and peach (main crops) farms in the Northern part of the state and his loss has been phenomenal. He usually relied on a beekeeper to the south during pollination, but this year most of the keeper's hives were "dead" and my friend had to rely on nature doing the work. His crop yield and income were devastated. I definitely noticed the decreased amounts in fruit and much higher prices at my local Farmer's Market every Saturday morning.