Georges Plains beekeeper George Hancock, who is also president of the Bathurst branch of the Amateur Beekeepers Association NSW, has 10 hives on his property, with roughly 20,000 bees in each hive.

He's able to provide for his bees with his own lavender farm.

But some beekeepers aren't as lucky, with some having to rely on their bees pollinating native species in their local area.

And with those species not flowering properly because of a lack of water, it affects the bees' quality of life.

"Bees are under stress because your native species are not flowering properly," he said.

"What happens there, the bees start to starve and the hives' numbers start to fall."

He said many beekeepers have been forced to use sugar syrups to keep their bees alive, however, the syrup does not produce quality honey.

"A lot of your commercial guys are having to feed their hives with sugar syrups," he said.

"The problem with the sugar syrups though is it isn't producing proper honey.

"It's more to keep the bees alive, keep them on life support until conditions improve."

He said beekeepers that live within Bathurst are more successful at the moment because their bees have access to more gardens and a wider variety of species to pollinate.