reporter: mark lilly doesn't think this project will solve all the region's problems, but he hopes it help people here regain their self-esteem. and it's not just about the production of honey. they're also working on a breeding program, trying to develop hardier bees that are better able to cope with the consequences of climate change. the one with the green dot is the queen. james: it's the same principle as humans, more or less. you have got to work together. and that's what they're doing, what they're striving for. reporter: today they're checking the hives for mite infestationo. the organization behind the beekeepers isn't just involved with the bee project. it's also interested in aiding reforestation of areas destroyed by mining. keeping healthy bees is one part of the picture. mark: i don't think that the government has an answer for anything, and most people around here would agree to that. so it has to be grassroots, which is what we're doing, is grassroots. learn to help ourselves sustainably, so that we can continue to do it from this generation to the next generation. so

tomorrow when a star master beekeeper mark lilly and his team have trained 90 partner beekeepers so far and that number is growing so they want to prove that there are alternative business opportunities for the former mining state for 30 years the only traveled through out west virginia as an appraiser for an insurance company then his hobby offered an opportunity for a 2nd career. i think i probably think many of us the older we are the more we hope things to return the way it was and that's our job is to help educate that if we want to retract younger generations we have to give them something different today and could be keeping really be a possibility absolutely and maybe it's just a gateway right so it opens their mind to a new idea. they've created new jobs here as well robbie in jeans and was 70 are preparing their sugar water the bees are fed to help them survive the winter. 3 things. past my apprentice that whatever. there's another there's a next level test you can take is plenty to learn at 1st they were scared of being stung even the former coal miner james you know maybe no

. >>> sales of o of e eli lilly's top selling drugs misses th mark.where we begin the market focus. rebates and discounts on a lily's diabes drug trulicity curved revenuend came in shy of targets but the dru make are topped expectations and raised earnings forecast. shares fell more than 2% to 107.40. angst emropes more than 20 peppers thanks to enrollment gains from people enrolled in medicare advantage anddi medica. anthem's 2020 guidance was better thanfeared, easing concerns that did kmaltd medical costs would cut into profits. helping to send shares up to 263.51. >>> norfolk southern with tariff uncertainty and global weakness could impact the coal and steel transport markets. notspg southern shares slipped more than 2% to 184.87. >>> and shares of resid owe technology fell following the company lowering revenue guidance. the smart home and security products company also sai c its cfo will be leaving and it has beguhn gun a kprens. shares lost nearly 40% of value to finish at $9.50. and after. the belel ford postea lower than expected profit as h

caterpillar, eli lilly, ford, microsoft and tesla. >>> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will be on capitolfacing about the power, privacy issues and tolerance of false or hateful speech. he will testify about facebook's currency which has run opposition from lawmakers from the u.s. and europe. last april he was grilled about the cambridge analytica privacy scand scandal. >>> mark parker, nike's ceo will step aside in february as nike's business is posting strong sales but the brand faced a number of prcrises. last year he apologized for allowing a toxic corporate culture that excluded some staff and failed to take workplace complaints seriously. most recently nike's top running coach was banned amid doping allegations. so stepping into quite the job there, guys. i'll send it back to you. >> no kidding. thanks so much. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay," 4:42 for you right now. nbc bay area is issuing a microclimate weather alert due to a red flag warning and high fire danger. meteorologist kari hall tracking all of that for us. >> we'll look at our wind speed forecast. it's also goin

mark duplass omar apollo, everybody [ cheers and applause emily moon, 8g band. stay tuned for lilly shows end with an "ish." >> oh, yes i have noticed that. yes. >> lilly: mm-hmm no, i feel like i could have, like, a hundred "ish" shows. >> really? >> lilly: "brown-ish." [ laughter ] "gay-ish," "famous-ish,"

mark, thank you for joining us on the hour. nd we got an earnings slump. eli lillyu're heading out jumping into your car, tune into bloomberg radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: bielema loany joins me now. listen to bill on the bloomberg on gtv go. texas instruments could be very early open here. >> it is definitely going to be an ugly open. the stock has been in an uptrend ince december but it will gap. alix: so what about caterpillar really interesting price action early. it was down 6% after earnings and now it's down .3% of 1%. >> the initial trade they hammered it in the premarket. now we're back to little change. first report is going to be around the 130 but resistance because it is little change. look for 134 which was yesterday's high and then second resistance is around 140. but really the key in the chart and you go back five years, clearly a long-term down trend below 140. alix: yeah, exactly. eli lilly is our last stock. so interesting the number solid raised their forecast but that wasn't enough for the street. because of a tax bill and they were worried