Three months after Hurricane Ian, beekeepers are working overtime to care for their bees as thousands of hives and millions of bees have been wiped away and vegetation has been destroyed, starving those left behind.

Today Explained: Impact of Hurricane Ian on Bees

and now it's time for today explained where we break down some of the biggest stories in the news, how we got here, Where we go next. It's been nearly three months since Hurricane Ian decimated the Southeast. It was the deadliest hurricane to strike florida since 1935. And communities across the Sunshine state are still reeling from its devastating impacts, including the beekeeping industry. Hundreds of thousands of beehives were wiped out killing bees by the millions, leaving the few that are left starving, Hurricane Ian destroyed so much vegetation, there's hardly anything left for the bees to feed on. Beekeepers in florida are now doing everything they can to nurse bees back to health. But even then they'll face yet another threat. The drought in California where they are typically shipped for the winter to live off the almond crop. The small but mighty insects play a vital role in our ecosystem. In fact, one out of every three bites of food comes of crumbs, courtesy of the pollinators like honeybees. If all the beekeepers released all of their bees, Every beekeeper in the country, if they just released all their bees into the wild, we estimated about 2-3 years before bees would just collapse. Think about that, That's incredible. Now, if you, if you want to help the bees bounce back, check out greater good charities, sending sugar syrup and pollen replacement to florida to help the bees bounce back