RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- The fall is a busy time for apple orchards, but this year, it’s turned into a busy time for the bees, too. “We don’t want to hurt the honeybees, so we are trying to find this peaceful existence between the two worlds, but this is something we have never faced,” said Beverly Mooney, the owner of Millstone Creek Orchards. After 20 years in business, they have never seen the bee population so large at their farm and in surrounding areas. Each day, there are several bee stings at their property, and others have shared that it’s something they experienced this year for the first time in years. “We knew something was different this year,” Mooney said. The bees have created quite a buzz about the orchard. “The number one thing coming across whether it was a review put out publicly, whether it was something in a survey, the bees were disturbing the guests' experience." She tried bating the bees to take them away from guests and spoke with experts for other mitigation techniques, but nothing worked. “This is not a fixable problem … This is nature, and I guess another example that we have very limited control over certain things ... One of them would be mother nature and bees,” Mooney said. But bees play an essential role at the farm. “We are an orchard ... We need the honeybees. We need them to pollinate us every year for all the great fruits that we grow, so it is that balance of how do we do this,” Mooney said. Bees are important to all communities. “From an entomologist perspective, I hope we have as many as we can have. I love them,” said Dr. Daniel Greene, a biology professor at High Point University. He said there is no simple answer for the bees' behavior this year. “Researchers in the field are certainly putting this into the climate change perspective ... The warmer the temperatures are and if it is more prolonged, you have a longer development period for bees,” Greene said. The devastation in western North Carolina is most likely not linked to the number of bees in the Triad. “I would say more related to local factors,” Greene said. At Millstone Creek Orchards, the bees are well-fed and well-stocked up for the winter. “So if we have any happiness, I guess we have fed some bees,” Mooney said. If you see these bees, it is best to leave them alone, and they will leave you alone. If they feel threatened, they will sting you, and we all know that is not fun.