New Program Will Provide More Bees For High Point's Urban Gardens

A High Point organization is hoping to help the local food community by adding more bees.

Growing High Point works with community members to plant and harvest healthy food. To help with that goal, they're adding a collection of beehives. 

Willa Mays is the executive director of Growing High Point. She says adding more pollinators will help them increase yields in the fields.

“We're very active in urban farming and community gardens and of course bees are great partners for urban farmers,” she says. “Because they boost crop production, so it's just a logical next step for us.”

The hives will be located at Twin Oaks Urban Farm near downtown.

The organization will also begin an apprenticeship for up to ten people to show them how to start and manage their own bee colonies. After a one-year program, the apprentices will be allowed to adopt a hive for their own use.