bruce farms several crops, including nuts and lavender along with running his main business, beekman apiaries. he has thousands of beehives all over california from yuba county to orange county. and if that didn't keep him busy enough, keeping up with the byproduct of all those bees is his main task these days--making and bottling honey. bruce and his wife anne, make, sell, market a ariety of honey at their farm. basically anything that has to do with bees and honey can be found here. >> near the lavender and working in the lavender field, they always seem to be mellow and happy. >> and did you know that california actually leads the nation in honey production? we produce about 20 million pounds of it each year. but honey bees aren't only good at producing honey, they're also good at pollinating. in fact, 1/3 of our diet is reliant on the work they do each and every day. >> all through history and ancient times, the bees have been admired for their ability to work and pay attention to the job at hand and get the job done. >> working just as hard as all of those bees is bruce's nephew brian be