Excessive heat in East Texas limits food sources for bees
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Hot weather also impacts a big helper to the global food supply. Bees are ready for cooler temperatures, just like us. Accor...
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Hot weather also impacts a big helper to the global food supply. Bees are ready for cooler temperatures, just like us. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 3,500 species of native bees help increase crop yields. That means one out of every three bites of food you eat are pollinated by bees. Bob Love of Lufkin owns Love's Apiary and bee removal. Love said summertime is considered a dearth period where there is a lack of primary food sources for bees, 'meaning that there's not anything out there blooming that the bees can actually use to gather nectar and pollen.