Local Beekeeper Awarded Grant from the NC Beehive Grant Fund
07/27/2018 - Local Hyde County resident, Tammy Blake, was 1 of the 17 beekeepers awarded a grant from the NC Beehive Grant Fund. The N.C. Beehive Grant Fund awarded $25,000 for 17 grants. These grants are for certified beekeepers for beehives and materials to create beehives with a maximum grant of $2,400. The N.C. Beehive Grant Fund received over 340 eligible applications, totaling over $500,000 in grant requests.
The following is a list of awarded beehive grants:
* Gary Shoemake of Brunswick County * Phillip Barfield of Caswell County * Paul Coy Jr. of Craven County * Kenneth Randall of Dare County * Ryan Chamberlain of Durham County * Leigh Arnold of Forsyth County * Paul McMahan of Gaston County * Tammy Blake of Hyde County * Jim Rosensteel of Lee County * Russell Schmidt of McDowell County * Michael Munley of Mecklenburg County * Michelle Mejia of Mitchell County * Barry Harris of New Hanover County * Richard Thomas of Perquimans County * Gladys Hutson of Union County * Tom Wells of Wake County * Kurt Ullberg of Wilson County