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Beekeeping program helps veterans deal with PTSD

Beekeeping program helps veterans deal with PTSD
NORM, AND NOT ACCEPTABLE.> IN WILTON, SL WMUR NEWS NINE. THE MANCHESTER V-A IS USING BEES TO HELP EAST THE SYMPTOMS OF P-T-S- D IN VETERANS. IN THE HIVES AND HEROES PROGRAM, VETS TEND TO THE HIVES EACH WEEK, LEARNING HOW BEES HELP FARMERS GROW FOOD, AND PRODUCE HONEY. THE HOPE IS THAT WILL PROMOTE RELAXATION AND HEALING. <IN....CART 1290 IN 42:32..."IT HELPS THEM WITH PTSD, IT HELPS THEM WITH ANXIETY. IT HELPS THEM WITH EXERCISE, IT KEEPS THEIR MIND FOCUSED AND GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO DO AND STUDY. IT BUILDS TEAMMWORK, IT BUILDS CAMARADERIE."...OUT 42:44...> <IN...CART 1291 ...IN...44:25....."I THINK SO. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT'S A GREAT STRESS REDUCER. SO YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THE PTSD, IT CAN HELP US SOOTHE, ALLAY THOSE KIND OF FEARS."..OUT...44:37
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Beekeeping program helps veterans deal with PTSD
The Manchester VA Medical Center is using bees to help ease the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans.

The Manchester VA Medical Center is using bees to help ease the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans.

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