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Sophia Lafargue finds her calm in beekeeping. As a full-time policy-maker, student, and mother of four, the bees offer her something she wouldn’t get much of otherwise: peace. “There's something en...

When Nick Wigle first heard about Colony Collapse Disorder, he knew he had to do something. And, as usual, he decided to go big. As Nick became more and more immersed in the world of bees, he found...

Sebastian Katz isn't your average beekeeper. Based near Stuttgart, Germany, Sebastian is 28 years old, built like a pro athlete, and works for a big utility company. And, yep, he's also majorly int...

Beekeeper, researcher, educator, conservationist, and an impassioned bee advocate, Sarah Red-Laird claims she was born a beekeeper. She's been fascinated with bees since she was a toddler, especial...

Dream job alert! Laura Fayth is an adventurous beekeeper who loves honey so much, she actually travels the world to discover new and delicious honeys—which is why she calls herself the Honey Huntre...

Robin Jones is passionate about two things: beekeeping and culinary garden design—a pretty stellar combination if you ask us. But Robin didn’t always have her heart set on bees. Robin had a “tradi...

Do you think you'd have the guts to practice beekeeping in a skirt? Well, Ariella Daly sure does. This self-proclaimed 'honey bee wild woman' has been practicing natural beekeeping for 8 years in N...

When Steph Munro was strolling through her local garden center to buy plants, she had no idea that her life path was about to take a major turn. As it turned out, her local bee society was there, t...

What do you do when you’re tired of working for the U.S. government? If you’re Tara Chapman, you take up beekeeping. After almost 10 years working for the U.S. government—doing intelligence and ove...

Here at BKN, we have a bit of an obsession with bees. Hailing from Canada, beekeeper Stephanie Taylor (@that_girls_a_keeper) has a similar love affair. We caught up with Stephanie to discuss how sh...