The US Department of Agriculture has angry beekeepers buzzing after suspending data collection on the insects’ decline.

The agency blamed cost cuts, CNN reported Saturday.

An annual department survey, inaugurated in 2015, gathers data on the number of honeybees per state, including those lost due to symptoms of colony-collapse disorder.

“The decision to suspend data collection … was necessary given available fiscal . . . resources,” the agency said.

The suspension is “temporary,” said a USDA spokesperson, who did not say when or if it would be resumed