Flooding Claiming Bee Colonies In Stanislaus County

STANISLAUS COUNTY (CBS13) – The continuous rain and rising water soaked almond fields and drowned honey bees causing major issues for beekeepers and it could affect the almond production.
“They need them to pollinate the almonds,” said Ryan Howard owns Sunrise Feed & Supply in Oakdale.
Around here he said there has been constant talk of beekeepers feeling the sting.
“In some of the pictures I sent you they lost hundreds of hives and that was just one beekeeper,”