For the heroes at

, this outlet is much more than just beekeeping.

"The biggest thing I lost when I retired from the Navy and that is the training and taking care of my sailors," Burt Crapo, a local veteran, says. "It was my job and the bees have helped tremendously in filling that void."

Crapo is one of six veterans in the program who teaches veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) all about beekeeping.

"I'm not a real group joiner," veteran John Norman says. "And I picture myself a beekeeper now and I plan on doing it the rest of my life."

However, a new bill introduced in the Nevada State Legislature would ban people who live on less than an acre of land from keeping bees.

Chris Johnson says if

passes it would make it illegal for him to keep his hive.

"I do not support this bill whatsoever and I really do think that I should be able to keep bees in my yard because around the area there's a bunch of flowers and all that stuff, and they can pollinate, and they're not territorial at all; they're probably the most gentlest creatures I've ever seen in my entire life," Johnson says.

Norman shares a similar sentiment.

“Why this Senate bill? You know is there some menace of bees somewhere that none of us have heard of and you know, why would they want to take away a hobby that so many people get so much enjoyment out of?” Norman says.

The veterans say the decline of bees could have a damaging ripple effect.

"Folks who grow vegetables and keep flowers, they're not going to get pollinated, and if you think those guys are going to travel to town to help with your garden, you're grossly mistaken," Michael Vanlaarhover, another veteran in the program, says.

Bees4Vets says they plan to meet with lawmakers to discuss SB389 in the coming weeks.