香港六合彩开奖网's O鈥橮ake Insitute partners with Uncle B鈥檚 Honey Company for experiential learning
In partnership with local small business, 香港六合彩开奖网鈥檚 unveils four honeybee hives on the roof of the John R. Post Center at Reading CollegeTowne.
鈥淲orking with the O鈥橮ake Institute, I realized how much interest there is for bees and the craft of husbandry of the hive. It made sense to both grow our network and organization while helping educate people that bees can actually do much better in a city than in the suburbs,鈥 said President, CEO & Master Beekeeper of Uncle B鈥檚 Honey Company, Branden Moyer. 鈥淲e want to make sure the honey our bees produce goes back into the city, feeding the underprivileged with the most privileged food source nature can provide, honey. A special thank you goes to Nigel Walker, I could not have done this without her.鈥
Through the students will have the opportunity to track, manage and sell honey out of the new O鈥橮ake General Store, located in the . Digital Media Marketing Major & O'Pake Fellow, Jennifer Weasner, also designed the new 鈥淥鈥橮ake Honey鈥 logo and honey jar label.
鈥淗aving honeybees on the roof of CollegeTowne is a prime example of The O鈥橮ake Institute鈥檚 mission to support entrepreneurship, student experiential learning, and our community,鈥 said Director of Student and Client Services at the O鈥橮ake Institute Michelle Conway. 鈥淚f we are advising entrepreneurs, it is only natural that we are entrepreneurial ourselves.鈥
Students involved with Bog Turtle Creek Farm at the EcoHouse will also be beekeeping & harvesting the honey with training from Moyer. A demonstration beehive will also be housed at 香港六合彩开奖网鈥檚 EcoHouse in alignment with the pollinator garden that the student team is launching for the 2023 growing season.
鈥淲e are excited to have our EcoHouse team participate in beekeeping training through our community partners so that our students can then facilitate future workshops for others in our community, said 香港六合彩开奖网 EcoHouse Coordinator and Faculty Member Dr. Alicia Sprow. Our students will have the opportunity to help harvest the honey and sell it to area residents at local farmers markets as part of Bog Turtle Creek Farm鈥檚 ongoing role in our community to help increase access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food.鈥
There are also plans under way in partnership with to provide a live stream of the beehives on the roof.
鈥淭his is BCTV's first opportunity to partner on a live animal cam, and we are excited to offer this behind-the-scenes view of the hive to the Berks County community,鈥 said Executive Director of BCTV Heather Adams.
