From the Rat Race to Beehives: How a Self-Taught Beekeeper Found Her Calling

Hilary Kearney is an expert beekeeper, business owner, and educator, passionate about sharing the wondrous world of these fascinating, intelligent creatures.
From the Rat Race to Beehives: How a Self-Taught Beekeeper Found Her Calling
Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl Next Door Honey in San Diego. Tosca Radigonda
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It started with a Craigslist ad: “If you have bees you want to get rid of, I’ll come get them.”

Hilary Kearney barely had a beehive ready when she got an answer to her post. She was called to rescue a bee colony hanging from the ceiling of an outdoor laundry room. Armed only with her research and a hive that her father had built with scrap wood from the yard using construction plans that she’d found online, she headed out to face her first-ever colony.

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Hazel Atkins loved teaching English literature to undergraduate students at the University of Ottawa before becoming a stay-at-home mom, enthusiastic gardener, and freelance writer.