ABOUT HIVE
A community-driven networking group designed for professionals and business owners across Northwest Arkansas who want to grow their professional circle.
Our mission is to foster meaningful, in-person connections that lead to real opportunities, partnerships, collaborations, growth, and long-term relationships.
This is not transactional networking. This is connection with purpose.
Mission
To bring local professionals into rooms built for connection and relationship building
Hive creates welcoming spaces where real conversations become real relationships, and those relationships create opportunities, friendships, collaborations, and community.
Vision
To make Northwest Arkansas the easiest place in the country to find your people.
A community where no one has to build their career, business, or life alone.
Values
Connection Over Transaction
People first. Business follows.
Everyone Belongs
You don’t need the right title, résumé, or connections to walk into the room.
Show Up
Real community happens in-person
Be Real
No posturing. No pretending. Just genuine people and genuine connection.
Who was Hive built for?
In short? You.
Hive is for everyone in Northwest Arkansas across all industries, experience levels, and backgrounds who value collaboration and real-world connection.
You don’t need to “fit a mold.” You just need to show up with intention...and business cards.
WHY HIVE EXISTS
Hive was created to:
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Reduce isolation in professional spaces
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Make networking feel human and approachable
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Support local businesses and creatives
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Build bridges between people, brands, and opportunities
At its core, Hive is about showing up for one another and creating environments where every individual feels seen and cherished.
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FOUNDED BY QUEENIE BE
Hive Networking was born from Queenie Be’s belief that everyone deserves to feel like they belong.
As an entrepreneur, Queenie discovered just how hard it could be to find genuine connection as a small business owner. So she built what she wished existed.
Today, Hive brings people together to feel welcomed, seen, supported, and connected.
Build Your Buzz.
WORKING WITH QUEENIE
At the heart of Queenie’s work is one mission: bringing people together. Beyond Hive Networking, she partners with businesses and organizations through storytelling, brand collaborations, business features, and event hosting—all designed to create visibility, connection, and stronger community. Because bringing people together is Queenie's life work.
