Bee Downtown Coverage

Bee hives on WRAL rooftop take temporary vacation to country home

Did you know the WRAL News studio has four hives of bees living on top of our roof? This week, they'll be moving to a new, temporary vacation home.

Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

What's the buzz all about? Bee Downtown founder goes one-on-one with NCSU Chancellor

In Red Chair Chats, NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson sits down with alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university to show off the strength, talent and innovation. He talks this time alumna Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, a 2015 graduate with a degree in international studies and founder and CEO of Bee Downtown.

Bee Downtown completing a ‘highway of honeybees’ across Triangle – longest such corridor in US

On Monday, Bee Downtown will officially connect more than 60 miles of honeybee-pollinated space, setting up three beehives on MetLIfe’s Cary campus. We’ve got the details – and a map of the honey bee corridor.

Durham startup Bee Downtown in national spotlight with Invesco QQQ commercial on CNN

The two-and-a-half-minute commercial, which was filmed in Chapel Hill and Atlanta, features its founder, Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, who founded the company four years ago at age 22 to help with the dangerous global decline of bees.

Bee Downtown’s CEO turns passion for bees into company nearing $1M in revenue - here's how

At 22, Leigh-Kathryn Bonner launched her urban beekeeping startup, Bee Downtown, to help make a small difference in the dangerous global decline of bees. Four years later, she’s on a roll with nearly 50 corporate partners – and counting.

More bees will be buzzing in Triangle as Bee Downtown adds 3 more partners

Bee Downtown is creating buzz on Earth Day, announcing the addition of three partners to its effort to boost honeybee populations.

Tech on Tap: Top tech stories of 2018

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneInJason Eder, Michael Baylor, and Laura Blake curate the top stories of 2018 in NC tech and innovation.

Bee Downtown's founder, queen bee applauds men who empower, support women

As a CEO working in agriculture, Leigh-Kathryn Bonner said it's a daily occurrence for her to be the only woman at a boardroom table. But she's learned to be bold from mentors -- male and female -- who encouraged her to use her voice.

Hannah Webster, WRAL.com contributor