Article from the Waynedale News Southwest Honey Co. has been working hard over the past couple of years to generate awareness within our community of the difficulties that honey bees are facing on a daily basis. Many have shown support by purchasing honey or perhaps attended an educational event “Explore the Honey Bee” for kids Read more about The Waynedale News- Adopt A Hive[…]
Article from FortWayne.com by Nancy Crowe (Published in June 2017) We may not want bees at our picnics, but we won’t have very good picnics without them. By simply going about the business of feeding themselves and their young, bees carry pollen from flower to flower, enabling the cycle of plant life and the productionof Read more about Bee Here Now: Easy and fun ways to show pollinators some love[…]
Video from WANE TV- Channel 15 News FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – It’s that time of year again when you’ll start to see more and more bees buzzing around. But, what do you do about them? Megan Ryan and Alex Cornwell from Southwest Honey Company joined First News Sunday with some advice. Southwest Honey Co. Read more about Beekeepers share how to save honeybees from extinction: WANE TV, Channel 15 News[…]
Article from The Waynedale News by Cindy Cornwell (Published September 23, 2016) September is the sweetest month of them all, National Honey Month. And you can’t have honey without honey bees. Since 2006, honey bee colonies have experienced a very high and unexpected loss caused by colony collapse disorder and other stresses, such as parasitic Read more about Eagle Scout Project To Save The Bees: The Waynedale News[…]
News Broadcast from WFFT FOX by Jeannie McBride (Aired May 16, 2016) The declining bee population has been noted since the 1990’s and Southwest Honey Co has decided that the time is now to address this dire problem. The Southwest Honey Company is holding a pollinator educational program called ‘explore the Honey Bee’ and some lucky Read more about Southwest Honey Company Launches Program To Save Honey Bees: WFFT FOX[…]
Article from the News Sentinel by Kevin Kilbane (Published February 18, 2016) Bees huddle together in their hives to stay warm during the winter. But things have been buzzing recently at Southwest Honey as the start-up business prepares to launch a hands-on “adventure learning” program this summer for the public. The programs, which will be Read more about Fort Wayne Honey Company Plans To Launch Fun, Bee-Oriented Learning Programs: News Sentinel[…]
Article From The News-Sentinel (Published June 18, 2015) It’s the best kept secret in Waynedale. Founded in 1938, the Southwest Conservation Club lies hidden behind shrubbery, home to four ponds, along with shooting and archery ranges. But it’s the recently established apiary that’s become the talk of the area, and it all started with SWCC Read more about Waynedale Apiary Has Three-fold Mission: News Sentinel[…]
Article From The Journal Gazette (Published June 12, 2015) For beginner beekeepers, business is already sweet. Entrepreneur Alex Cornwell and educator Megan Ryan are taking orders for honey produced at the Southwest Conservation Club, a fundraiser that is doing good in a couple of ways. The two friends’ primary objective was to educate people on Read more about Bees As An Education Tool : Journal Gazette[…]