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Honey bees are highly esteemed for providing honey, beeswax and other valuable hive products. Honey bees are important pollinators …
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2018 Swain County 4-H Holiday Card Art Contest WINNER!
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As most all of us have witnessed from TV or first-hand the effects of Hurricane Florence “Down East” in …
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