Honey, I’m Home!

• Colorado Public Radio is proud to share its headquarters with several thousand new residents — courtesy of three beehives installed on the roof of CPR’s building in Centennial, CO through a partnership with Free Range Beehives, whose mission is centered around the health and well-being of local honeybee populations by caring for beehives on corporate properties.

“When we found out this was an option for our building, we began exploring it right away,” said Stewart Vanderwilt, President & CEO of CPR. “It’s a great opportunity for us to improve our environmental stewardship by taking an unused space and providing a home for thousands of honeybees.”

The hives, each containing around 50,000 bees were installed on August 22. There are numerous pollinator-friendly plants in the area to keep the honeybee populations thriving. Throughout the fall, the bees will fill each hive with approximately 90 pounds of honey. The insulation will protect them through the winter, and they will reemerge in the spring.

“Free Range Beehives is thrilled to be working with CPR to support honeybees along the Front Range,” said Mike Rosol, CEO & co-Founder of Free Range Beehives. “Our organizations share similar values, serving our communities with respect, inclusiveness and curiosity. We strive to educate professionals in their work setting so that they can make better individual choices at home on how to support the honeybee population. It’s great to partner with another organization that cares about and supports the communities we live in.”

While the beehives at CPR are on the roof and inaccessible to employees, the staff looks forward to all that homemade honey at the end of the season.