Welcome to our humble cache! This is a simple park and grab that's perfect for kids and families. If you take a bee trinket, then please leave a trinket of your own.
Because this is in a neighborhood please do not visit after dark. Thank you!
Congratulations to J&Leebee on being the first to find!
Like the hard working honeybees our "hive" sits in a neighborhood of 500 English cottage-style homes, that was built between 1918 and 1920 to provide wartime housing for workers at Newport News Shipbuilding.
In 1917, during World War I, the war effort was in full swing. Newport News Shipbuilding had many contracts to build naval ships and was hiring thousands of employees. Shipyard workers were being housed in overcrowded and/or temporary quarters. The emerging community of Newport News faced a severe housing shortage. This led to the construction of Hilton Village. The housing shortage was so severe that Newport News Shipbuilding president Homer L. Ferguson traveled to Washington to emphasize to Congress the impact of lack of housing on ship construction and thus the war effort. Immediately after his appearance, the United States Shipping Board was provided funding of $1.2 million and authorization to create a comprehensive emergency housing program. Hilton Village was the first project of the emergency housing program.
Our historic pioneer settlers used the help of bees to help propagate their fields. Honeybee colonies were shipped to the Virginia Colony from England in 1622. Between 1630 and 1633, a few more shipments were made to Massachusetts. There are 477 species of bees within six families that have been documented in Virginia.