Hilary Kearney founded the beekeeping business Girl Next Door Honey in 2012 in her home town of San Diego, California after graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Fine Art. Her beekeeping exploits and unique business model have inspired people all around the world. She is a published author and maintains a popular Instagram account. When she isn't photographing bees or managing one of her fifty colonies… she’s sleeping and dreaming of bees.