Local beekeepers say the prolonged wet winter reduced honey production, making it difficult for bees to get enough food or pollen, as well as increasing the number of opportunistic viruses impacting hives.
Jennifer Berry fires up a smoker to calm and check her pollinators. Temperatures are warming, with the familiar sound of buzzing returning too, but the past few months have been eerily silent.
"Each hive is down 50 percent compared to normal. We're only getting about 50 pounds per hive," said Berry. Too much rain in a short amount of time can be problematic. But beekeepers are hopeful a super June bloom could make up for the small amount of honey produced so far. "The minute I opened that hive, I got the bug. You can get really close and intimate with them. You can see all kinds of things going on. You can see the Queen doing her work and see the larvae and producing honey," said Berry.
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