>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<< Honey bees make a significant contribution to the food supply.

An effort is underway to keep yards a little "messy" to give struggling native bees a place to call home.

If we take things literally, a bee-nado sounds like a tornado filled with bees, which is a bit different from the opening emergencies 9-1-1 is known for.

When the royal beekeeper told the queen’s bees of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, he was practicing a beekeeping tradition of updating the hives of family news.