[dropcap]K[/dropcap]yle business owner and apiarist Gordon Wybo doesn’t hear the sounds of bees humming so much lately.

A wetter spring has meant a smaller local bee population. Colonies aren’t expanding until later in the season, due to the lack of fresh pollen, and so his bee removal business has gone down as well.

“Last year, by now I had already done about 22 to 25 removals,” Wybo said. “This year I’ve only done 11 removals.”

Even so, Wybo said public...