John Pledger, a beekeeper from Asheboro who runs a beekeeping supply company, is building and donating hives to people in Western North Carolina who lost their hives to Helene’s flooding.
turning his hobby into Triad Bee Supply. One of Pledger’s specialties is building hives and frames — what beekeepers call woodware — from cypress harvested in North and South Carolina.
By Shelby Carroll N.C. Cooperative Extension Hurricane Helene, which struck western North Carolina in late September 2024, caused unprecedented damage to the region’s agriculture. The storm’s ...