BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho -- Colony Collapse Disorder continues to push bee farmers to move operations outside of Idaho, which means challenges for local farmers and gardeners.

Bees and pollination have always been a big part of Idaho springs and summers, but locals are seeing less of the insects flying around their yards.

Tom Browning of Browning Honey and Pollination said it is the changing agriculture practices that leaves bees without the proper and sufficient wild flowers or plants that honey bees need for production.

"They've killed most all of the broad leaf plants and left only grass behind,” said Browning.

Without plants there isn’t any chance for honey production for his bees.

Now Browning Honey and Pollination sends 15,000 of 20,000 bee hives to North Dakota for honey production.

"If we can't make a living with the bees here, for example, if we can't find enough forage for the bees, we're forced to take the bees other places," said Browning.

Idaho used to be the fifth most productive state for honey, but has dropped to number 12. North Dakota leads the country in honey production.

But a depleting honey bee population has potential to hurt an agriculture state.

"I guess it's a sad matter of fact that if we have to take them somewhere else, they're not here to do that pollination,” said Browning.

Browning said there is something that local residents can do to help.

"If you have an area you can plant in bee-positive plants, that's a good thing to do,” said Browning. “And the other really important thing is to be careful with pesticides."

The Browning Honey and Pollination location in North Dakota is doing research with Penn State to uncover the causes of this undefined bee disorder in hopes to bring back a solution to Idaho where they founded the company in 1921.