Once Upon a Hive

09/19/2023

Woo hoo! We got featured by Etsy again and have a Etsy Pick badge on our candles now!

This Candles item by OnceUponAHive has 555 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Estes Park, CO. Listed on Jun 16, 2023

10/01/2022

Hello October! 🍁🍂🎃 This is my favorite time of year...colorful leaves, sweater weather, bugling elk, and all the fall scents. I'm here for it. 🧡 Burning farmhouse cider today. What's your favorite fall scent?

10/27/2021

Rocky Mountain National Park’s 415 square miles encompass and protect spectacular mountain environments. Enjoy Trail Ridge Road – which crests at over 12,000 feet including many overlooks to experience the subalpine and alpine worlds – along with over 300 miles of hiking trails, wildflowers, w...

10/11/2021

Someone said earlier that we were supposed to get snow this week. Not sure if that's higher up (that's already happened this year) or at our elevation. But we'll get it soon enough, so we're going to enjoy these gorgeous fall colors as long as we can. ❤🍁🍂🎃

10/10/2021

This guy was hanging around a lot last night. I got to watch him just hang out through the windows which was 10 times better than the cameras. Definitely want to get better cameras though! Be sure to check out our stories for the videos.

10/04/2021

Hello Monday! Waking up today to a lot of elk bugling. We love this time of year but a loud early morning bugle can scare the heck out of you!

09/28/2021

Winter is coming!

09/20/2021

This handmade bee skep has been in our shop display window since we opened. We took it out at the beginning of Summer (maybe even Spring 🤫) to clean (it was covered in soot that had crept in with the fire last year) and repair (it's so heavy it had lost some stability), and it's sadly taken me this long to get around to it. 😲 But good news! It's now clean and repaired and will be back where it belongs soon. Although I'm fighting the urge to use it at home as I have the perfect place for it...dang it. 😆 Anyone else have bee skeps in their home decor? 🐝❤

08/10/2021

Is this not the cutest? I ran across it recently in Loveland. Not sure who stocks it but they had a field full of hives next to it. Sign says they'll be harvesting soon (if not already). I didn't pay too close attention to exactly where I was but it was somewhere on 14th St between Taft and 287. While we do sell a variety of honey from the surrounding areas, we do also believe in supporting all your local bee keepers. So if you're in Loveland and this cute place is open, go buy some honey! 🐝❤🍯

08/09/2021

It's been really smoky here lately (mostly from the California wildfires I believe - at least today) and you can't even see the mountains in my go-to photo opp location. Definitely brings back some memories of last year's evacuation. Prayers to all that are having to deal with wildfires right now. 🙏

05/06/2021

Some of the most popular honey we sell comes from Bjorns Honey in Boulder. Great people and AMAZING honey!

04/24/2021

It's a beautiful day to go shopping in Estes Park! The sun is shining and temps are expected to reach in the 60s...the perfect weather for strolling downtown. Come visit , @4.stuffed, Blades, and the other great shops in the Park Place mall while out and about on this gorgeous day. 🌞🕶🏔