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By McKenzie Lewis, Staff Writer for The Stallion, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Beekeeping is abuzz at ABAC thanks to one student’s passion for the industry. Cade Houston is a Diversified Agriculture major at ABAC and has been beekeeping since 2013.

His interest for the practice sparked when he received a book on homesteading. There was a section on bees and beekeeping which he found really intriguing. He read through the section and started doing more research. He eventually reached out to his grandfather who knew about the practice and who aided him in getting his first hive.

The love for beekeeping didn’t start with Houston as his great grandfather was a beekeeper as well. Houston was able to inherit some of his great grandfather’s equipment as he started his journey. “I’m glad to carry on his legacy,” says Houston.

Since his start in 2013, Houston’s operation has grown to 10 hives, but he hopes to grow that number to...

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In the early 70s I accepted a job in Vidalia teaching eighth grade. Granted, the situation was a strange one; they hired me to teach math and Georgia history, but I am certified in French and English. My math skills were pretty good back in high school, so teaching math didn’t scare me much. History, now that was a different matter indeed. Let it suffice to say that I studied much more than my students did that year. I also learned a most valuable lesson, namely that I’d never teach eighth grade again unless we were destitute and hungry. You see, eighth-graders are certain that they know about everything there is to know. The epiphany comes when they get to high school and find themselves at the bottom of the totem pole again. Such is human nature. Mankind has known for ages that for most people, wisdom comes with age. Some, on the other hand, could never live long enough to be wise . However, most of us learn as we age and gain experience. I finished out the 60s at the University of Georgia, a glorious time to be alive. College campuses across the country were stirred up over the Vietnam War. Marches, sit-ins, and demonstrations filled every waking minute. Dress codes moved from rigid to nonexistent. We ironed our hair before leaving the dorms in the mornings and left our clothes wrinkled. And every single one of us knew exactly how to solve the world’s problems, especially the war. We knew it all, but nobody asked us. Not one solitary politician came knocking on the door of Room 318 in Church Hall to seek my advice. What a waste!

I did and said some pretty stupid things...

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