Carolina Connection podcast: UNC beekeepers collect honey to fight hunger

Members of the Carolina Beekeping Club sell honey to raise money for the Carolina Cupboard food pantry. (Emmy Berger / Carolina Connection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the latest edition of our CarolinaCast podcast, Emmy Berger and Maddie Policastro break down the buzz around UNC’s Beekeeping Club and its “Honey for Hunger Initiative.” The club processed and bottled more than 200 pounds of honey, and every dollar from sales goes straight to the Carolina Cupboard campus food pantry.

While tabling in the Pit, the beekeepers have already raised nearly six thousand dollars, and sales will keep rolling out over the next few weeks. 39)

Emmy headed straight to the hives for a closer look at the art of beekeeping. even suiting up to get a firsthand experience with the UNC bee colony tucked inside Battle Grove.

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