It could take up to two decades for the bee industry to full recover from widespread bushfires across New South Wales.

Three-thousand hives have been confirmed lost in fires across the state so far this fire season.

Rural reporter Eddie Summerfield caught up with New South Wales Apiarists Association President Stephen Targett.

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