Buzzing against the odds: Vermont Bees keeps local honey alive in Milton

Buzzing against the odds: Vermont Bees keeps local honey alive in Milton

While much of the beekeeping industry has shifted toward migratory hives and mass-produced, imported honey, Vermont Bees stands apart. Here, bees are bred, raised and overwintered locally, their queens reared in carefully managed Milton mating yards, and their honey harvested from nectar gathered within a 25-mile radius of their home base in Swanton.