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Busy Bees and Their Keeper Provide the Flavor of Akron Neighborhoods

Busy Bees and Their Keeper Provide the Flavor of Akron Neighborhoods

Released Friday, 14th October 2016
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Busy Bees and Their Keeper Provide the Flavor of Akron Neighborhoods

Busy Bees and Their Keeper Provide the Flavor of Akron Neighborhoods

Busy Bees and Their Keeper Provide the Flavor of Akron Neighborhoods

Busy Bees and Their Keeper Provide the Flavor of Akron Neighborhoods

Friday, 14th October 2016
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An Akron beekeeper is offering unique types of honey from hives scattered across the city. In today’s Quick Bite, WKSU’s Vivian Goodman reports the color and flavor of each batch depends on the nectar source in different residential neighborhoods. Brent Wesley, the founder of Akron Honey Company , works full time in information technology. He got into beekeeping for the love of honey. "I didn’t know anything about bees. I just knew that I wanted to help my city, and help this community we have, to improve and take ownership of what I could to make it happen.” Sweet catalyst He says it all started a few years ago with a trip to Amish country. He got a taste of artisan honey, the best he’d ever had. At about the same time, he was considering buying a vacant lot near his Akron home. “I drove past this lot every single day on my way to work. And it was kind of overgrown. Someone threw a tire or two over here. It wasn’t the best looking.” But looking at it after that taste of Amish honey,
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