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WOODY MARSHALL Staff Reporter
Jul 28, 2026
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Honey Bees — Owner Ali Iyoob offers a sample of honey fresh from the comb at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane.
WOODY MARSHALL, Greensboro News & Record

Honey Bees — A brand new honey bee emerges from a cell in a comb at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro researchers collect honey bees from hives at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — Kaira Wagner, the director of the UNC Greensboro Plant and Pollinator Center, looks for the queen bee on a comb from a hive at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane.
WOODY MARSHALL, Greensboro News & Record

Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro researchers collect honey bees from hives at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — Santosh Ghimire, a researcher at UNC Greensboro, collects honeybees in a glass jar at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane. Ghimire and other researchers are trying to help beekeepers ward off colony collapse disorder.
WOODY MARSHALL, Greensboro News & Record

Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro Plant and Pollinator Center director Kaira Wagner points out the queen bee on a comb at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro researchers collect honey bees from hives at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro researcher Santosh Ghimire sweeps honey bees off of a honey comb into a glass jar at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — Wesleyan Christian senior Hayden Chase numbers a hive at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro Plant and Pollinator Center director Kaira Wagner opens a honey bee hive as Wesleyan Christian senior Hayden Chase numbers another at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — Kaira Wagner, the director of the UNC Greensboro Plant and Pollinator Center, holds a honeybee at the apiary.
WOODY MARSHALL, Greensboro News & Record

Honey Bees — Honey bees come and go at a King Cobra Apiary hive at the roadside retail shop in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — UNC Greensboro Plant and Pollinator Center director Kaira Wagner opens a honey bee hive at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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Honey Bees — A smoker waits to be used at King Cobra Apiary in Mebane, N.C., on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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