Every hive, connected from start to finish.
Rafael Monteiro kept his first hive on the roof of a rented house in Ribeirão Preto in the summer of 2014. He had driven three hours to buy a nucleus…
Hive bodies and frames are pre-matched so they fit without modification
Guides are written for Brazilian climate zones, not translated from European sources
Buffer stock on twelve core items prevents mid-season gaps
Rafael Monteiro started keeping bees in 2014 on the roof of a rented house in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, after a decade working in agricultural supply logistics for a cooperative in the Triângulo Mineiro region. The frustration of buying mismatched equipment from disconnected suppliers led him to open Glint Gateway in 2017. He trained formally in apiculture at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in Jaboticabal, completing a short-course certification in 2016. He is methodical by habit, keeps a paper log of every colony inspection, and reads one beekeeping journal article every Sunday morning with his coffee. He currently maintains four hives in the Jardim Paulista neighbourhood of Ribeirão Preto.