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 ...
One of Pledger’s specialties is building hives and frames — what beekeepers call woodware — from cypress harvested in North and South Carolina. He’s won awards for his designs and has ...
LEFT: A queen bee and workers on brood comb ... They were put into a support hive where the four frame boxes were stacked side by side to share a center wall and heat under the same insulated ...
Yet, as our world hurtles forward into the digital age, beekeeping, that ancient craft steeped in tradition, is discovering new life through the marvels of technology. From hives that connect to the ...