Alice Hinman

“I believe in God but I spell it N-A-T-U-R-E.” Frank Lloyd Wright.

From her childhood years exploring the verdant Allegheny Mountain woods and wading in the cold waters of Pine Creek in north central Pennsylvania, Alice has long felt a deep connection to the natural world. She is a life long student and is especially humbled to keep the wise company of bees. She has been a natural beekeeper for 12 years and earned a certificate in Sustainable Biodynamic Beekeeping from her studies with Gunther Hauk of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary.

Alice is devoted to learning how to best care for her fascinating friends by studying their biology, habits and natural inclinations to support the well being of the entire colony. She believes restoring honeybees to a state of health requires abundant habitat, locally diverse and resilient genetics, beecentric stewardship practices, appropriate shelter and reverence. She is determined to remedy as many of the problems contributing to pollinator decline as possible to help these brilliant creatures once again thrive.

Alice is the founder, director and regenerative beekeeper for the nonprofit, Apiopolis and has applied many of her personal passions to her work with the organization including environmental health, ecological design, sustainable local food systems, green jobs, community activism and the creative arts. It is at the intersections of these that exciting synergies and innovative collaborations occur making the whole effort so much more dynamic, inclusive and impactful. Alice has a certificate in Landscape Design from The Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY, a B.S. degree in Horticulture Science from North Carolina State University. She is a plants woman, systems thinker, permaculture designer, yoga teacher, student of biodynamic agriculture, avid gardener, adorer of dogs, dirt, chickens, poetry, books and the world.