Rye, New Hampshire has a rich maritime and fishing history. Fishing and lobstering were once among the town’s largest occupations, and the bounty of the ocean has fed many people in New England and beyond.
This event celebrates the stories of those who have fished and made a living off our coast and will include a panel moderated by Joe Marttila of SeaBee Honey.
Featured panel members.

• Kelsey Anderson: Owner/Operator Rimrack, based in Rye, New Hampshire
  
• Keper Connell: Owner/Operator of Figment based in Rye, New Hampshire
  
• David Goethel: Owner/Operator of the Ellen Diane based in Hampton, NH
  
  
• Sam Novello: Owner/Operator of the VincieN and Captain Novello based in Gloucester, MA
  
  
• John Heisey: Owner/Operator of the Doxy based in Rye, NH.
  

On Saturday October 14th 2023 we met with the Wagon Hill Community Garden that operates on the classic Wagon Hill Farm off Route 4 in Durham, New Hampshire.  The farm is a historic location in New Hampshire and is often seen by many when they travel to UNH with an iconic wagon atop the hill.  One of my earliest memories as a child was driving back from my brothers gymnastics meet from UNH and viewing the wagon on top of the hill.  

This spring we were asked by the Wagon Hill Community Garden to place a couple of hives on site to help with pollination.  As a alumnus of UNH and someone who has visited the farm on countless occasions, I couldn't say "no".   The community garden has many members and a great amount of heirloom apple trees and native plant forage.  It was a great spot and delivered some great honey that was made available at the Butternut Farm in Farmington, New Hampshire.  

The group asked me to provide an overview of how the bees did this weekend and I was happy to meet with them to discuss pollinators and to try some of the honey we had harvested from the site and other locations in and around the seacoast.  I must say, I have worked with a number of community gardens and these guys are a model that other garden clubs should emulate. The site is gated and the garden plots are well marked and cared for.  They set up a seperate area for the bee hives that was gated as well.  The garden plots were always full of activity and the members were friendly and always asking how the bees were doing.  The bees loved it there as well and produce abundant amounts of early and late summer honey.  The late summer honey was full of golden rod nectar and both hives were stocked with honey stores.