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We got it…We got Forbes
I remember the first time I heard about the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. I was in college talking to someone a few years older than me that had…
Read MoreAtlanta, Here We Come!
With such joy, we are excited to announce Bee Downtown will officially be expanding into Atlanta, Georgia in Spring 2018! A few months ago Bee Downtown was selected as one…
Read MoreSmall Bee, Big Buzz
My name is Matthew Willey. I am an artist and the founder of The Good Of The Hive. I’ve personally committed to hand-painting 50,000 individual honeybees in murals around the world to…
Read MoreBe a David in a world of Goliaths
Last week we received over 20 letters from a 4th grade class in Durham, NC that we visited this past fall to teach about honey bees and sustainability. Ms. Fussell,…
Read MoreA School Buzzing with Excitement
Trinity Yard School Bee Day We just finished our big bee day at Trinity Yard School in Cape Three Points, Ghana. We started working with the students at 8:30am and…
Read MoreDoing our homework
Our first “bee” agenda item was to stop on the way to Cape Three Points in a village called Salt Pond. We coordinated with the owner of a local honey…
Read MoreWhy Ghana?….. and what next?
A bit of background on this trip to Ghana…the Bee Downtown Foundation has always done work in local school systems, but about 7 months ago I was introduced to a…
Read MoreBee Downtown Goes to Ghana!
I have always loved the famous quote from Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” From childhood, these words have spoken to me and have made…
Read MoreGive the Gift of Education
After two and a half wonderful years of our nonprofit leg being in a fiscal sponsorship with Abundance, NC, Bee Downtown Foundation has taken the leap to become its own…
Read More4 Ways To Be A Better Beekeeper
I can say without a doubt in my mind that this is one of the most magical times of the year. Sometimes I find it hard to describe, but there…
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