The SF Chronicle article written by Hearst Fellow Maliya Ellis states "Last month, trucks loaded with beehives rolled into Desert Creek Bulk Bee’s Fresno-area facility, delivering millions of honeybees primed to pollinate almond trees across the Central Valley. But operations manager Marcus Hill noticed that as many as half of each truck’s hives were dead. 'Usually you might get 5% to 6% that look like that, but when it’s most of the truck, truck after truck after truck after truck, you know pretty quickly that something’s wrong,' said Hill, himself a beekeeper who splits his time between California and Texas."