My Introduction to HIVE with a very special video from Bee Mountain (our very own bee sanctuary)

Hello Everybody!

My name is Alex Rourke,

In 2017 I quit my 10-year corporate project management career, sold my Jeep and invested all my money to follow my dream. I now run an audio & video production agency in Guatemala City called Recording Box.

I make music and music videos in the studio, and also write about music education, music that has influenced me and music business.

I'm a huge nature lover, so you'll see me posting on communities like ecoTrain, Outdoors, Natural Medicine

Today is a very special day for me, because I've finally been able to visit my family in the forest: Jose and his wife Zoe who I haven't seen for almost 60 days because of social distancing. We decided to celebrate 1 year of our family project. We took all the necessary precautions.

Bee Mountain

We'd been pretty active in educating people about the importance of bees and also rescuing colonies that have settled in people's houses, businesses etc.

This is a picture of me and my friend Ahmid about to rescue a colony that made their home in a brewery. The company donated two cases of premium craft beer for our effort!

We received so many calls from people that found hives in their homes but we'd also run out of space to put them, so in June, we started a crowdfunding campaign to build a sanctuary for bees that would later be called Bee Mountain.

People were really into the project and after 3 months of campaigning, we raised $2,500 for the project and made it a reality.

Today, 1 year later and at the beginning of rainy season in Guatemala, we decided to share our project with the Hive family: Today we are making a special tea that is given to bees as a feeding supplement in late summer or fall if a hive doesn’t have enough honey reserves to get it through the winter.