Honey Stinger beekeepers, from left, Emily Scott, Kate Burleson and Shannon Grasser inspect some of the bees in the company’s new hive hosted at Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs. (Courtesy photo by Stephanie Stocking)
After 20 years as a Steamboat Springs-based company specializing in energy foods made from honey, Honey Stinger now has its first local, company-managed beehive.
In partnership with Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs and biology professor Becky Edmiston, the Honey Stinger hive was installed last month in an electrified enclosure on the hillside above the college campus. The location is home to three other hives managed by Edmiston and the college’s student Beekeeping Club that started in 2012.