With it being summer, many families may be looking for creative ways to keep their kids engaged in reading and writing skills. A fun idea our team came up with is letters to the queen. A family can sponsor a hive for $75  become pin pals with the 'queen bee' of a particular hive, and correspond and receive monthly updates for 3 months on how the hive is progressing from the 'queen bee' herself! The queen bee will seal each letter with her gold beeswax stamp. You will receive a jar of honey from the hive you are sponsoring or a honey bee gift if there is no harvest at that time. Let us know in the notes section at check out the child's address, name and grade level so the queen can write accordingly. This program is not just about supporting us but about becoming a part of our beekeeping family.