emma hardy, bbc news, los angeles. —— emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.ground in los angeles say the devastation is clear to see wherever you look. our correspondent helena humphrey sent this update from pacific palisades. fire came through and if you take a look in every direction, it is 360 degrees worth of destruction here. and this is a scene being played out right across la county — tens of thousands of acres that have been destroyed like this with all of these houses razed to the ground. now, as we've been here in the area, we've been feeling those now notorious santa ana winds picking up once again. these are the enemy of those fire crews that are working so hard to try to control those fires but essentially, they could whip up the flames once again — that is the concern — and those fire crews are stretched to the limit right now. we know today that president zelensky of ukraine has offered to send fire teams from ukraine to help in the effort. here in this area today, we've had aerial drops of water which have been effective — over 500 million gal

the environment minister emma hardy says the government is working to support an alternative option.ecialisation in bumblebees. much forjoining us. just tell us why these pesticides are so damaging to bees.— damaging to bees. they are incredibly — damaging to bees. they are incredibly toxic _ damaging to bees. they are incredibly toxic to _ damaging to bees. they are incredibly toxic to all - damaging to bees. they are incredibly toxic to all insect | incredibly toxic to all insect life. just to illustrate how poisonous they are, it is a bit like another shock for insects. one teaspoon, five grams worth of these chemicals, is enough to give a lethal dose to 1.25 million honeybees. so it only takes a very small amount to kill insects, and we have been using tonnes of them for many years now. so environmentalists are delighted that finally the last farming use of these chemicals has been withdrawn. and what is the alternative? because if the eu has already banned it, presumably farmers that they are using something else? . . , ., , else? yeah, farmers in europe have been _ else? yeah,