If the Five Hives & Vines partners' original vision is realized, their rural Bulloch County property will feature beehives, berry fields and a facility for making a honey-based alcoholic beverage called mead in a barn-like event center with a tasting room. The building, proposed to measure about 8,000 square feet but perhaps to be built half that size at first, also would include two suites for bed-and-breakfast lodging. Managing member Eric Van Otteren and his wife Debbie even plan to build a home for themselves on the property, which currently encompasses 26.78 acres, part of the former Smithfield Golf Course, between Georgia Highway 46 and a lake.