{"id":4727,"date":"2021-05-20T23:42:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=393"},"modified":"2024-02-01T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:29:38","slug":"meant-to-bee-bee-downtown-turns-into-big-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2021\/meant-to-bee-bee-downtown-turns-into-big-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Meant to Bee: Bee Downtown Turns into Big Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Leigh-Kathryn Bonner &#8217;15 has turned beekeeping into big business. Our story about her and her company, Bee Downtown, comes to you in the form of a graphic novel. 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