Author

Raina Singhvi Jain

Founder & CEO of Queen Bee, inventor of HiveGuard, and Thiel Fellow, writing on honeybees, raw honey, and daily wellness.

RRaina Singhvi Jain Founder, beekeeper & research scientist

Raina Singhvi Jain started keeping bees in high school and has not stopped since. After visiting a local apiary and seeing piles of dead bees, she spent her junior year inventing HiveGuard, a patented hive entrance coated in a plant-based compound that transfers to the bees and targets the Varroa mite, the parasite behind much of the global honeybee collapse. It cut infestations by roughly 70% in testing and went on to be used by more than 40% of beekeepers nationwide.

She founded Queen Bee, co-founded with NFL quarterback Tyrod Taylor, to bring raw honey and royal jelly into daily wellness. She formulates every shot herself and sources from small-scale beekeepers. Whole Foods was the first retailer, and the brand is now sold in 4,000+ stores nationwide. Every bottle funds pollinator habitat.

Raina earned a full-ride scholarship to the University of Connecticut, then left two weeks in to accept a Thiel Fellowship and build full time. Her work has been featured by Forbes and CNN, and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory named an asteroid, 34730 Rainajain, in her honor.

In the press

ForbesA 17-year-old from Connecticut is saving honey bees CNNHow an innovative hive entrance could help save bees UConn MagazineBee Good: a student on a mission to save the bees MediaPostFrom hives to Whole Foods: Queen Bee provides immune support Founded by HerQueen Bee: founder spotlight Greenwich Free PressFrom a high school science project to national entrepreneurship Save the SoundYoung environmental leaders: the founder of HiveGuard Bee CultureA Regeneron STS finalist's work with bees

Awards and honors

National honors

  • Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist (2020)
  • Asteroid 34730 Rainajain, named by MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Thomas Edison Award, National Museum of Education, one of six nationally
  • Invited to present to Nobel laureate William D. Phillips

International Science & Engineering Fair

  • First Place and Best of Category, Environmental Engineering (2018)
  • Invitation to the International GENIUS Olympiad, 1st Place Environmental Project
  • First Place, Patent and Trademark Office Society (2019)

Junior Science & Humanities Symposium

  • First Place, National JSHS Poster Presenter (2018)
  • Second Place, National JSHS Oral Presenter (2019)
  • First Place, Connecticut JSHS (2019)

Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (selected)

  • 1st Place Environmental Sciences, CT Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands
  • 1st Place Life Sciences, The Jackson Laboratory
  • Lockheed Martin, UTC Aerospace, Collins Aerospace, and Petit Family Foundation Women in Science & Engineering awards

Entrepreneurship

  • Thiel Fellow ($100,000 fellowship) · Shark Tank alum · U.S. patent holder, HiveGuard

Writes about

Honeybees and apicultureRoyal jelly and raw honey Ayurvedic wellnessFunctional ingredients Cold-pressed shotsIngredient sourcing

Taste what she formulates.

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