Members of the Lima Rotary Club learned about the benefits of locally produced honey and the importance of honeybees during a presentation by beekeeper Ty Shelby. Shelby highlighted honey’s potential health benefits and the vital role bees play in pollinating hundreds of plants, including most U.S. crops.

“All of our modern yards, we spray Roundup and other weed killers, and what we're doing is taking away that food source from the bees,” Shelby said. “That's why people get in their yard. They say we don't have any bees, but we're not promoting the bees through killing our weeds or not planting pollinator-friendly plants.”