Beekeepers See Reduced Production After Prolonged Winter

CBS San Francisco

MILL VALLEY, CA — 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.

"With the cold temperatures a lot of the foragers are going out and not coming back because of the wind and rain," said Jennifer Berry Bees Founder and Owner Jennifer Berry.

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