The Hive of Secrets

By Clara M Everhart

Some secrets are sealed in wax. Some are sealed in blood. Hers are sealed in honey.

When twelve-year-old Wren Callahan is sent to spend the summer with her strange, honey-stained great-uncle Silas at his crumbling farmhouse, she expects boredom. Instead, she finds a locked apiary, a swarm of golden bees that seem to watch her, and a battered leather journal titled The Science of Luck - the same book her great-uncle has spent forty years trying to finish.

The bees are dying. The hives are failing. And someone - or something - wants Silas's secrets buried for good.

To save the farm, the bees, and the uncle she's only just started to know, Wren must learn the old, half-forgotten arts of the hidden hive world: how to read the secret language of the swarm, how to outwit a robber-bee raid, how to find a vanished queen before the whole colony collapses, and how to survive the deadliest test of all - the long, dark winter of the hive.

Packed with buzzing adventure, backyard magic, real bee science, codebreaking, loyal friendship, and a treasure hunt sweeter than honey itself, The Hive of Secrets is a thrilling, heartfelt, and fact-filled quest for readers who love mystery, nature magic, and stories about small heroes who save big things.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HC56KKSV
• ISBN13: 9798235175532
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Clara M Everhart
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7