# 2hives fact sheet

Version 2026-11-04. Status: **pending Gergo approval**. Machine-readable: `fact-sheet.json`. Every fact has an id and a source page on 2hives.com, checked on 2026-11-04.

Rules for using it (programme rules R-3, R-4): state only these facts, in these words or shorter; cite the fact id in your post log; do not add health, sleep, mood or outcome claims, experience claims, reviews, superlatives, comparisons or prices. `use: post` facts may reach a post (through a copy block); `use: reference` facts are background only.

| Id | Use | Fact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-01 | post | 2hives is guided meditation and relaxation audio, personalised to the listener. | https://2hives.com/ |
| F-02 | post | 2hives is free to use: listening is free for everyone, with no trial clock and no card needed. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-03 | post | A 3-minute sample plays with no account. To listen to whole sessions a free account is needed (a sign-in link is sent to the email address; no password). | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-04 | post | A session is a guided audio recording of 3 minutes to over an hour: a voice, layered binaural tones under it and a soft noise bed. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-05 | post | The listener chooses the voice, speed and length, and the voice can say their name. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-06 | post | Binaural tones need stereo headphones, at a comfortable, low volume. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-07 | post | Sessions and the site are live in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian and Japanese. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-08 | post | Hindi, Korean and Hungarian are in beta. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-09 | post | Sessions are grouped into courses; the home page lists them A to Z (30 entries on 4 Nov 2026, for example Breath, Pure Sound, Between Chapters, Steady Hours). | https://2hives.com/ |
| F-10 | post | A guided journey is playing live on 2hives day and night, on YouTube streams in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian and Japanese (stream links: MEDIA.md). | https://2hives.com/live |
| F-11 | post | Together is live group meditation: one guided session that everyone plays at the same moment, in several languages and at several times, held weekly. The schedule is at https://2hives.com/journey/together. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-12 | post | The 2hives Guided Meditation Challenge runs for 30 days from World Meditation Day, 21 December 2026 to 19 January 2027. A day counts when the person has listened for 10 minutes or more in 2hives that day. Joining is open until 26 December 2026. Two rest days keep the streak going. | https://2hives.com/challenge |
| F-13 | post | The challenge is a habit challenge, not a health program, and it has no prizes. | https://2hives.com/faq |
| F-14 | post | Any adult can create a team for the challenge (https://2hives.com/challenge/team); each member joins with their own account and chooses whether to take part. | https://2hives.com/challenge/rules |
| F-15 | post | Sessions are guided by a synthetic narrator voice (text-to-speech). Scripts are written with AI assistance and checked before release. | https://2hives.com/live |
| F-16 | post | 2hives is made by 2BEE FARM PTY LTD (ABN 57 697 830 461) in Melbourne, Australia. Contact: info@2hives.com. | https://2hives.com/terms |
| F-17 | post | A local business can list on 2hives as a partner. Adult listeners near the areas it serves may see its card in two places, both labelled "Ad". It is free to join. | https://2hives.com/business |
| F-18 | post | 2hives is small and new, so it cannot promise customers or any number of views. | https://2hives.com/business |
| F-19 | reference | A person at 2hives approves every business and every change to its card. A card may not carry offers or prices, health claims, promises about results or comparisons such as "the best". | https://2hives.com/business |
| F-20 | reference | A business sees totals of views and clicks only, never names or lists of listeners; a total of 1 or 2 is shown as "fewer than 3". | https://2hives.com/business |
| F-21 | post | Do not listen while driving or operating machinery. 2hives is relaxation and meditation audio, not medical advice or treatment. | https://2hives.com/safety |
| F-22 | reference | Binaural beats are a real perception. Whether they entrain brainwaves is unclear: a 2023 systematic review found 5 of 14 EEG studies consistent with entrainment, 8 contradicting it and 1 mixed. 2hives says so on its research page. | https://2hives.com/research |
| F-23 | post | 2hives published a research note on how layered binaural-beat programmes are built, and a page on how its sound is made (https://2hives.com/research/sound). | https://2hives.com/research/note |
| F-24 | post | A press kit with logos, pictures, a 60-second audio sample and a press release is public at https://2hives.com/press. | https://2hives.com/press |
| F-25 | post | 2hives has a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCej-BpLEiv2LCdCsDI9T9fg. | https://2hives.com/ |
| F-27 | post | In the challenge, 25 or more counted days out of 30 is Finished, and all 30 days is a Full 30. | https://2hives.com/challenge/rules |
| F-28 | post | The challenge, challenge teams and 2hives itself are for adults: 18 or older (19 or older in South Korea). | https://2hives.com/challenge/rules |
| F-26 | reference | Sessions are streamed, so an internet connection is needed. 2hives can be added to a phone's Home Screen to open it like an app. | https://2hives.com/faq |

## Not on the fact sheet

If a statement has no fact id, it is not allowed in a post. In particular there is no fact about health, sleep, anxiety, stress, mood, benefits, results, popularity, other users, prices, discounts, rankings or comparisons. See `RESEARCH.md` (what we do not claim).