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Meroby Elementary School nurse Nicole Pinkham, left, and literacy coach Katie Nolette organize bee suits Monday in the apiary at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Fourth grade teacher and beekeeper Maggie Corlett said since the apiary is open for the entire community, she purchased suits ranging in sizes from extra small to 6XL. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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Meroby Elementary School literacy coach Katie Nolette, left, and volunteer Dawn Roberts help kindergarten students put their bee suits on Monday at the bee apiary outside Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Meroby Elementary School kindergarten student Clive Flaherty gets a hand putting his bee suit on at the bee apiary Monday at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Students celebrated World Bee Day with various bee-related activities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
A Meroby Elementary School kindergarten student watches her classmates interact with bees Monday in the apiary at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Students that were not so comfortable being close to bees could watch through an observation window. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Educational technician Celina Adley helps Meroby Elementary students Monday navigate the bee apiary at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Students celebrated World Bee Day with various bee-related activities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Keisha Daggett, second from right, helps Meroby Elementary students Monday navigate the bee apiary at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Daggett’s daughter, Dillon Gallant, is a kindergarten student at Meroby. Gallant told her mother to volunteer for World Bee Day, so Daggett jumped at the opportunity to put a bee suit on. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Meroby Elementary School kindergarten student Willow Bisson gets a close-up view of the bee apiary Monday at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Students celebrated World Bee Day with various bee-related activities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
School staff and volunteers help Meroby Elementary kindergarten students Monday navigate the bee apiary at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Students celebrated World Bee Day with various bee-related activities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
A kindergarten student at Meroby Elementary School holds a bee in her glove Monday in the apiary at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Math teacher Karen Wilson, top, works Monday with third grade students as they look at observation bee hives at Meroby Elementary School in Mexico. Students celebrated World Bee Day with various bee-related activities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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