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Valley Voices | Beekeeper Derrick Maness on a season of drought and bears

By Marilyn Gleason

Published September 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM MDT

Derrick Maness of Colorado Mountain Honey with his hives

This year, drought and starving bears are taking some of the sweetness out of cultivating a traditional agricultural product. Colorado Mountain Honey owner and beekeeper Derrick Maness talks to KDNK's Marilyn Gleason.

Valley Voices

Marilyn Gleason

Marilyn Gleason is a graduate of CU Boulder's journalism school. She started her radio career in the Roaring Fork Valley at KAJX in Aspen, then came to KDNK in 2000 as the station was in the early stages of forming a local news program. Marilyn returns to direct a growing news team at KDNK.

See stories by Marilyn Gleason