Educating the next generation of young people about the importance of honey bees in the health of our ecosystem is one of the primary goals of the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association.  To that end, the club has established a Community Educational Apiary (Bee Yard) on the campus of Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine, where hands-on learning can take place. 

This TCBA Community Educational Apiary will bring beekeeping out of the textbooks and lecture halls and into real life. We want to light a fire of curiosity about the natural world for primary school and middle school-aged children as well as engage people of all ages in the wonders of beekeeping.