A new methane gas pipeline has been proposed by Williams Companies, the owner of the largest pipeline in the U.S. 

In the Piedmont, this would mean installing 24 miles of new construction. 

Unless the project is stopped by residents and other organizations who oppose it, the new pipeline will make temporary construction sites out of thousands of properties including homes, schools, businesses and churches.

 When and if the project is completed, residents will be left at higher risk of exposure to methane and other toxic byproducts caused by transportion of the gas.

The Holiday household is located a few minutes outside of Winston-Salem. Seldon Holiday,  the recently deceased patriarch of his family, bought the property in the 70's with the hopes of turning it into a gathering place for his loved ones. 

He succeeded and now, multiple times a week, the house is filled with mother, uncles, cousins and siblings. 

His three grandaughters have taken to keeping bees in the far end of the property.

Now, Williams, whose pipeline runs right under their yard, is hoping to expand their operation and in the process, potentially clear a part of the family's forest.

It's not just beekeeping the family does on the large field in the northwestern edge of their land. 

On long summer days, as the sun is setting, they bring chairs and watch the sun disappear behind the tree line as thousands of bees exit the nearby woods, fly across the open fields and into their hives.