Globally-Minded Beekeeper, Cat Wilford-Fraley Rescues Bees And Supports Local Farms
Montara, CA July 1, 2011-- In addition to the global market collapse, the U.N has reported that the mysterious collapse of honey-bee hives is a global problem. A 2010 Congressional report explained that these little pollinators contribute over 14 billion in value to the economy and the complete reasons for hive collapse is still unknown. But one beekeeper is addressing this global crisis by taking action in her own backyard and community by rescuing the bees one hive at a time.

Catherine Fraley is a self-professed corporate dropout who has fallen in love with the community of small farms along the coast where she lives just south of San Francisco. Many of these lush farms have been run by the same families for multiple generations and were established around the fishing port towns of Half Moon Bay and Pescadero around the time of the gold rush.

Fraley has found a way to support the farmers...