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Have you ever wondered what an Impact Report is? In my work as a sustainability consultant, I've helped businesses write annual impact reports. Now, as a business owner, I get to write it for Project Hive Pet Company! In this blog post, I share more about what an...

The Pollinator Partnership is another fabulous not-profit working tirelessly to help save pollinators--those important creature we rely upon to pollinate our food. And this is personal: our home garden recently became a certified "Bee Friendly Garden," and I became a...

Project Hive Pet Company recently launched its Peanut Butter Spreadable Dog Treat in a handy, squeezable pouch that does not need refrigeration. It works really well on our dog toys like the Hive Disc + Lick Mat, or inside one of the Hive Chew Toys. But what is it...

As a Minneapolis-based company with a mission to save the bees, Project Hive Pet Company is fortunate to have in our back yard (well really, down the street), such a well-respected educational research organization as the University of Minnesota Bee Lab! Our summer...

Project Hive Pet Company's mission is to save the bees. It turns out, there are many wonderful non-profit organizations that are also trying to help save bees and other pollinators. Some plant habitat, some provide advocacy, some educate and inspire. In this blog...

When we launched Project Hive Pet Company in 2021, we established a partnership with The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund to plant healthy wildflower habitat for the vital bee population. We continue to donate 1% of our top line sales to this amazing organization, and...

At Project Hive Pet Company, our mission is to save the bees. The design of our dog toys and treats are all inspired by honey bees, because that's what most people think of when they think of bees: honey, honeycombs, and beehives. But not all bees make honey and not...

Bees have been touted as the most important species on the planet, and that's why Project Hive Pet Company's mission is to save bees. During the winter, in much of the United States, there are no flowers to feed the bees. Where do the honey bees go, and how do they...

I'm a member of Twin Cities Co-op Partners and do most of my grocery shopping at the Wedge and Linden Hills Co-op in Minneapolis. They have the freshest produce, and their bulk-buying options are second to none. So I was honored when Josh Resnik, the CEO, asked me to...

We started Project Hive Pet Company with a mission to save the bees and the idea that businesses can be used as a force for good. Since launching in 2021, it has been a goal of ours to become B Corp Certified. We are thrilled to announce that we have achieved that...

At Project Hive Pet Company, we are operating as carbon neutral for Scope 1 & 2 emissions. So we looked into getting certified. Here's a great introductory blog post to better understand this weird world (and why we don't really like some of the carbon offset...