“Save Bees—Save Vets” is the motto of the charity Hives for Heroes, and they do exactly that.
While bees and veterans may sound like an unlikely pairing, founder and CEO Steve Jimenez discovered they’re a perfect match for helping both two-legged and six-legged creatures.
A major problem among veterans is the suicide rate. Jimenez noted there are more vets who have died by suicide than were killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
“When you look at numbers, like 20 to 22 a day for the suicides, we consider that an epidemic,” he told The Epoch Times.
Jimenez described two aspects of military service: One is family—not in the genetic sense but in the emotional sense—and the other is mission….