A family beekeeping operation-Beehive State Honey-is in need of support after the total loss of this year's honey crop and their extracting equipment. It was all lost to a fire on Sunday morning. Prenton is a friend of mine and I've bought honey from him for over 10 years. My name is Tom Bench and I set this campaign up for him because I know he's really busy dealing with the fire and all the clean up.

Prenten Frazier, who is a 5th generation beekeeper and who runs the family business, had this to say:

“Well, we are certainly most grateful to all who have supported our business for so long. I hope we can bounce back somehow. Beekeeping and pollination is a vital local community service but not a really lucrative business model, as you know.

We mostly really loved being able to provide a top-quality product that people loved. It wasn't just a business, it was our identity. I just can't imagine not doing it.”

Please donate what you can to help this local honey business to rebuild.