Lee County 4-H partnered with Lee County FFA to write a $1000 dollar KVEC grant. The purpose of this grant was to conduct educational workshops around the importance of Honey Bees and other pollinators. Orval Bennet and CEA Jacob Brandenburg received this grant to purchase two bee hives and the equipment needed to maintain them. These two organization will partner in the fall and spring of the coming year to promote pollinator habitat and provide education on the importance of pollinators such as the honey bee. Honey Bees contribute about $15 billion to the U.S. economy every year by helping to pollinate many of the crops. Bees are the only creature on the earth with pollen baskets. Without this pollen transfer many of our plants would not produce seeds.  During the course of the previous year 4H has reached 630 students educating them on the basics of a bee hive and the impact that they make on the U.S. Economy.