Sometimes you only have to go as far as your own backyard to explore the outdoors. One hobby requires you to be in tune with what's growing and going on there.WGAL News 8's Matt Barcaro suited up for his latest "Explore Outdoors" series.Nancy Nolton's backyard in York County is filled with trees and flowers that all serve a purpose."From practically nothing you get something that is just so phenomenal," she said.She first caught the gardening bug when she was a kid."The little skinny, scrawny stalks came up and a little bloom and that was it. I was sold," she said.But that's not the only bug she's caught.She now has thousands of bugs in her backyard, hiding out in hives. Beekeeping isn't so much a hobby for Nolton – it's become kind of a calling.The venture started several years ago with a hive she rented."The person brings a hive to your property, and then they come and inspect it," she said.She said she loved it so much that one hive turned into two, then three. Now, she has almost 30."One little insect's life that I've just dived into and I haven't come out yet," she said.She regularly checks the health of the honeybees and their operation.Each frame in the hive swarms with activity. And usually, toward the bottom of the hive, you can spot the queen."She will lay eggs in cells that don’t have anything in them," she said.If you're really lucky, you might witness a baby bee emerging from a cell for the first time.It gets Nolton buzzing."It's kind of euphoric. It's a high – for me, anyway," she said.Besides being a hobby, beekeeping is important. As they collect nectar to bring back to the hive, bees are pollinating flowers. Plants need that to happen to produce the fruits and foods that we eat."I've always loved nature. I've always been fascinated by God's creation. I can be a little part of it," Nolton said.So, she's doing what she can: raising a collection of colonies and the flowers they need to thrive and filling her backyard with boxes and boxes of bees.If you want to help bees without having hives in your backyard, Nolton suggests planting large groups of pollinator plants that bees love. She recommends goldenrod, hoary mountain mint and maple trees.Send us your suggestionsIf there's a place in the Susquehanna Valley that Matt should check out or activity he should try, email us at news8@wgal.com.