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For the Bee and the Beekeeper, Giving Isn’t a Season

You know that moment when the year starts to wind down and everyone talks about “the giving spirit” like it suddenly switched on with the holiday lights?

Bees and beekeepers don’t have that luxury.

They give all year.
Quietly. Steadily, and long before any of us start thinking about gifts or resolutions.

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The bees gave us spring bloom and summer fruit.
They filled orchards. Fed wildlife. Kept farms standing.
They even laid the groundwork for winter itself. The leaves breaking down under the frost? That’s part of the cycle they helped build.

And the beekeeper kept at it too.
Feeding hungry colonies. Fighting mites. Repairing equipment with cold hands in darker months.
It’s work that keeps the whole system upright, even when no one is watching.

Here’s what I keep coming back to.
If giving is supposed to be about generosity, effort, and showing up when it matters, then the bees wrote the blueprint. And the beekeeper follows it every single day.

This is why an anonymous donor stepped up with a $20,000 match.
Every gift made before January 1 will be doubled.
Dollar for dollar.
Twice the habitat restored. Twice the research funded. Twice the support for the stewards who hold so much together.

Your support fuels habitat.
It powers research.
It strengthens the people who care for the creatures that keep our food system breathing.

When bees thrive, the world steadies.
When beekeepers are supported, entire food systems stand taller.
And when people like you step in, the cycle keeps going.

If giving isn’t a season for them, maybe it shouldn’t be for us either.

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