Earthfare is a great partner for the Buncombe County Beekeepers! They ask us to do a community day where we greet people and tell them about honeybees and beekeeping. It seems Earthfare puts their money where their mouth is! They partner with us to sponser 2 scholarship hives to beginning beekeepers and give us financial assistance by donating 10 cents for every recycled or reusable bag customers use in a particular month. In the two Asheville stores, people use a lot of recycled or personally owned bags in a month and this is a large figure of monetary assistance. This is valuable assistance that helps Buncombe County put on the best bee school anywhere in the country. I appreciate what they do and gladly went today to talk to people about bees. I took an observation hive and my beekeeping tools. President Janet Shisler brought our new display unit, that Deb Roberts and the honeybee project so generously donated to our club, as well as some of her great smelling wax and a solar wax melter where I melted some of my wax as a demonstration. It was a good day and lots of interest in bees and beekeeping. Asheville is a hotbed for beekeeping in the United States and with all the great honey plants and wonderful honey we produce, it is no wonder. It was a good day indeed.
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