PIERCETON — Pollinators like honeybees can be beneficial in many ways, from producing honey to pollinating many different kinds of crops. Tuesday evening, June 28, area residents gathered at Koinonia Environmental Center, Pierceton, where representatives from the Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District, Farm Service Agency and other local agencies, as well as a …read more.

WARSAW — Stan Ide’s hobby has kept him “abuzz” for about 20 years, and while he may have downsized from 60-some hives to seven when he moved closer to Warsaw, he still enjoys beekeeping.

They are indispensable to our food supply, live in highly organized societies and, according to Albert Einstein, if they leave us, mankind will be extinct within four years. Honeybees are honored annually on World Honey Bee Day, the third Saturday of August. Honeybees live in astoundingly organized colonies, with the typical hive consisting of 60,000 …read more.