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In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Queen Bey revealed, in all its poetic justice, that she actually does have a hive of her own! She spoke about her time in quarantine “creating positive rituals drawing from past generations and putting my own spin on things,” and added, “I found healing properties in honey that benefit me and my children. And now I’m building a hemp and a honey farm. I’ve even got hives on my roof!”

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The singer believes it’s important to pass down this knowledge and start a tradition within her family. “And I’m so happy that my daughters will have the example of those rituals from me,” she added.

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David Beckham -

The former soccer star got into beekeeping over the lockdown and became absolutely smitten. He has his own hive at his Cotswolds home and plans on producing and selling honey, The Sun reports.

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Angelina Jolie -

While Jolie isn't a beekeeper herself, she knows her way around an apiary and has advocated often for beekeeping. She's also played a big role in UNESCO and Guerlain's Women for Bees program, and met with members of the program's first class at l'Observatoire Français d'Apidologie (OFA) for their graduation.

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Morgan Freeman -

The actor revealed on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ in 2014 that he converted his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary. He has over two dozen hives and has planted acres of clover, magnolia trees, and lavender for the bees, too. Freeman even said that when he feeds the bees their sugar and water, he doesn’t have to put on a bee suit!

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Scarlett Johansson -

The actress was reportedly gifted a hive from her ‘Avengers’ co-stars Samuel L. Jackson back in 2009 for her wedding to Ryan Reynolds. "Scarlett was always talking about how the bees were dying and the planet was going to die," Jackson explained.

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The bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers started his own apiary in 2015, which holds three hives, totaling over 60,000 bees. He has spoken passionately about helping to revive the honey bee population.

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Jennifer Garner -

The mother of three was actually inspired by one of her kids to start keeping bees. "We had a book about beekeeping and then my daughter just got really into it," the actress told Jimmy Kimmel. "I thought, 'Why can't we have bees?' Bees are in trouble. Everyone should have a hive of bees."

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Leonardo DiCaprio -

Reportedly introduced to beekeeping by his mother’s boyfriend, DiCaprio was taken by how stress-relieving the practice was, particularly as a balm for the intense life of an actor. He later built his own hives for his garden in Los Angeles.

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While serving as First Lady, Michelle Obama hired some help to keep a beehive in her organic White House vegetable garden. She would even jar some of the honey to give as gifts to international dignitaries, according to Time Magazine.

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The single White House bee colony reportedly can reach 60,000 bees and can produce close to 200 lbs (90 kg) of honey. That honey was actually used to make the first ever beer brewed at the White House, a White House Honey Ale, which debuted in 2011 and was the beverage du jour at the Obamas' Super Bowl party.

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Bruce Springsteen -

Springsteen has raised bees on his organic farm in New Jersey for years, stating it's to help the state's agriculture through pollination, and somewhat controversially claiming a tax exemption for it. He leases out his land to other New Jersey residents who want to engage in farming or their own beekeeping, so he's doing his part in passing the knowledge on.

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Sylvia Plath -

The famous American poet was also a beekeeper, taking after her father Otto, who was the authority on bumblebees in his day and who wrote ‘Bumblebees and Their Ways’ in 1934. Plath owned hives and found that they helped her relax and write, and they even made their way into her narrative and poetic writing near the end of her life.

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Sting -

Beyond the obvious puns, Sting loves bees. He's well known for his conservation efforts and for running a diverse farm. He also has a non-profit, Bees for Development, which works to reduce poverty worldwide through beekeeping.

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Henry Fonda -

Late actor Henry Fonda was a well-known bee lover and had hives at his Bel Air estate, which he claimed made the best honey around. He'd reportedly often gift honey to the people he worked with and those that invited him to dinner.

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Jon Bon Jovi -

The rocker reportedly keeps honey bees on his New Jersey farm, though he has a beekeeper who does most of the work.

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Sir Edmund Hillary -

Before becoming the first to summit Mount Everest in 1953 beside his guide Tenzing Norgay, Hillary kept bees at his father's bee farm in New Zealand. He reportedly liked beekeeping because it gave him time in the winter to pursue his mountaineering.

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Over the pandemic, Ed Sheeran decided to populate his sprawling 16-acre Suffolk estate with many, many bees. The beehive joins his greenhouses for vegetables, his orchard, and his known collection of goats and chickens.

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George Washington -

The first US president reportedly kept bees at his Mount Vernon estate. Perhaps it's no surprise since honey was said to be his favorite food.

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Pope Francis -

The head of the Catholic Church was gifted eight beehives (totaling more than 500,000 bees), which he keeps at the pontifical farm of Castel Gandolfo. The bees help pollinate the vegetable gardens in the self-sustaining farm.

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Leo Tolstoy reportedly had many hives at his home in Russia, and even referred to the practice in his famous book 'War and Peace.' His wife Sonja wrote in her diary: “The apiary has become the center of the world for him now, and everybody has to be interested exclusively in Bees!”

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Martha Stewart - It's no surprise Martha Stewart keeps bees, but she's apparently been doing so since the '70s! She has a number of hives, as well as a personal beekeeper on her farm in Katonah, New York. She has said that, in addition to getting to enjoy delicious honey, the bees are also responsible for her thriving garden.

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Aristotle -

The famed philosopher and scientist kept a primitive version of hives of honeybees and often studied them and recorded his observations. In Historia Animalium, for example, Aristotle records many observations of bees from the perspective of the beekeeper, making him quite possibly one of the first earliest known celebrity beekeepers!

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Suggs -

The lead singer of Madness reportedly took up urban beekeeping but gave gave up the hobby when all his bees died, according to The Guardian. He still continued to involve himself in several bee-friendly organizations and acknowledged beekeeping as "a crucial part of looking after our environment so both the bees and our planet continue to thrive."

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Maria von Trapp -

Well known for her character in 'The Sound of Music,' most people don't know that when Maria von Trapp escaped Austria to the US, she established a farm in Vermont complete with honey bees.

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Paul Theroux -

American novelist Paul Theroux reportedly keeps bees at his Hawaiian retreat, Oceana Ranch, and produces his own brand of honey.

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Jeremy Clarkson -

The English broadcaster has shown his journey with beekeeping on his show ‘Clarkson’s Farm.' Apparently he has hundreds of thousands of bees, and though he appreciates their value and wears his bee suit, he’s shared a couple stories of being stung in...unfortunate places!

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Steve Vai -

The famous guitarist, who has worked with the likes of Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth, keeps bees at his Encino estate. He has said in interviews that he's inspired by their social structure and organization, and that it actually helps with his own creativity and everyday life.

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Martha Kearney -

The presenter of Radio 4’s 'The World at One' and BBC2’s 'Newsnight' has often spoken about her love of bees and is a proud amateur beekeeper at her home in rural Suffolk. It's reportedly a fascination that began when she was given a hive as a wedding present.

Sources: (Heritage Acres Market) (People) (School of Bees) (The Guardian) (Rolling Stone) (Time) (The Sun)

See also: Fun, easy ways to help the bees this summer

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