After years of decline, it appears the honey bee population is rising again in the Bay Area.
Experts say the wet winter may be part of the reason why. The last time the region saw a huge increase in the bee population was back in 2017, the last year there was significant amounts of rain all across the state.
In the East San Jose foothills, a huge bee swarm recently flew into a backyard. The homeowner, who didn't want to be identified, said he's never seen anything like it. "Basically saw a big, huge ball of bees that was probably 30 feet high and it was slowly moving across the ground," the homeowner said.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter."It’s been a few years since we've had good nectar sources, and that really dictates that we’re having healthy bee populations," he said.
That's good news for the millions of plants and flowers that need pollinating. The bee colonies had been declining in the last few years, victims of what's called the varroa mite infestations that were killing off the colonies.
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