For honeybees, the San Francisco Bay Area traditionally serves up a year-long feast.

"There's usually something blooming," said Alameda beekeeper Andre Kruglilkov, who owns Twin Bee Apiaries and sells about 1,000 pounds of raw honey a year made by the bees in his backyard hives.

"People apparently have a lot of interest in local honey," he exclaimed with a smile.

When asked about the effects of climate change on his business and on bees in general, he expressed concern.

"It's not just warming. It's climate disruption, right?" Kruglilkov said. "So, you have a cold and wet spring, and then basically the bees build up their population and there's not enough nectar," he said.

Bees are currently facing many other threats in addition to climate change, including habitat loss, mite infesta

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