By Shannon Lukens.
It’s National Honey Month. Steamboat-based Honey Stinger is celebrating by making a donation to Bee the Future, just west of Hayden.
Bee the Future is dedicated to teaching Yampa Valley youth about beekeeping. Honey Stinger presented a check for $5,000 to Bethany Karulak-Baker who is the executive director.
“Beekeeping is critical to the survival of the planet. Also to pollination. Children need to understand where their fruits and vegetables are coming from. That’s what we focus on at Bee the Future.”
Bethany says she’ll use the donation for scholarships when students visit and some new bee suits.
Honey Stinger has also started beekeeping. They have two hives with 120,000 bees on the Steamboat campus of Colorado Mountain College.