BEEKEEPERS were overjoyed to see Hattah Lakes filling with water this year and wintering sites for their hives returning to health.

In the years since the lakes received a vital environmental flow in 2017, apiarist Ron Robinson has seen flowering trees at Hattah Lakes regenerate from near death.

"Either end of Chalka creek, we've got sites where the trees were dying," he said. "We thought they w...