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Mary Woltz is not shy about about expressing her opinions. Ask her about bees
(she calls them ‘the girls’) and she’ll launch into a detailed explanation of why
she thinks bees are the hardest working members of the food chain.

She should know, Mary is a bee-ologist. OK, that’s not a real word, but it’s an
apt description of this bee keeper from Sag Harbor, New York. Her knowledge
and understanding of bees makes her honey some of the most sought after on
the entire eastern seaboard.

She named her business Bee’s Needs because that’s exactly her attitude when
it comes to her girls. She places the needs of the bees before anything else.
She’ll allow things like sleep and eating slide if maintenance is required on her
one hundred plus hives.

Ms. Woltz has taken the idea of a CSA (community supported agriculture) and
twisted it slightly to present one of the first (if not the first) CSA featuring honey.
Her version of a CSA is community supported apiculture. Email her at
mgwoltz@optonline to find out about her program.

“I’m unconventional in many respects,” said Woltz. “I was taught that if you care
about the bees, they will look out for you. The bees’ needs come first.”

And she means it.