Millions of bees are killed in Mountain fire
On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores's bee colonies had already blown over. Flores was watching the feed of his security cameras from home and preparing to drive over in his truck when he received a message from his brother-in-law: There was a fire close to the bee yard. Within an hour, all 150 boxes had been destroyed in the blaze and millions of bees were dead.
In total, Flores estimates that the fire cost him more than $35,000. “It sets us back, because it reflects a couple years' worth of work.” Flores is a former software engineer who once worked with bees as a hobby. He and his wife — a biochemist — developed a passion for bees and decided to start the business, bringing the rescued hives to small farms in the area to help pollinate their crops, and selling raw honey locally.
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