ABC HONEY

The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective, a project of Appalachian Headwaters, is a nonprofit organization that trains, supports, and provides bees and equipment free of charge to partner beekeepers in economically distressed counties. We help our partners produce honey (and income) in the "greenest" possible way. Since 2016, we have helped more than a hundred partners get started in beekeeping for profit... Each year, we help our partners to grow their operations. Successful partners in the program continue to expand their apiaries. We teach partners to split off new colonies from their growing hives, and provide additional hives to members who have proven themselves to be diligent beekeepers. We also provide replacement hives to help with any losses. We teach partners to requeen each hive annually to ensure strong hives year after year. We even breed our own bees to ensure they are adapted to the local ecosystem. This work promotes disease resistance in the bees and eliminates the need..

Primary location: Lewisburg United States