I believe I was off on the renown level thing.(But the renown xp I posted is accurate) I have dozens of recipes I can make but can not put in my guild city as it isn't hive enough level.
I had forgotten my alt-toon-scrub-architect had been in another guild for a short time that was high ranked renown and I bought all the recipes I could from their city.
Like what Gevlya mentioned as a possibilty.