President's Message

Greetings,
Bees are certainly fascinating to me. Did you know, currently there are approximately 21,000 species of bees in the world? About 4000 species reside in North America. But only eight species are classified as “honeybees” in the genus Apis. It is a well-known fact that one third of the food we eat is pollinated by bees. The crops range through a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Even coffee is included in the crops needed to be pollinated by bees. Yeah, that hot cup of morning Joe that gets our day started wouldn't be possible if it weren't for bees. Kinda wants to make you go out and hug a bee doesn’t it? But I don’t advise it. More...