Starsha Kolodziej

Starsha Kolodziej, owner of Eldariel’s HiveWorks, has been learning about honey bees since 2011 when she attended Seacoast Beekeepers’ Association bee school. Her modest apiary is located next to her mother's no-spray blueberry farm in Salem, NH, and she also keeps a couple colonies in Laconia, NH. She has been an important feature of the New Hampshire Beekeepers’ Association executive board for several years as President, Vice President, and currently Merchandise Chair. Starsha attended Generative Bee School Queen Rearing Series in 2022 as well as the 2022 Eastern Apicultural Society’s Conference in Ithaca, NY. She often assists others in mentoring and tending their bees.

After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011 with a BS in Biological Sciences, Starsha worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT’s Koch Institute, Synlogic, and is currently employed at Tiba Biotech in Woburn, MA. She first encountered The Tolkien Professor, Signum University, and Mythmoot III back in 2015 and has enthusiastically attended every Mythmoot since. She received Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts ESOL