We are third-generation beekeepers who first began our adventures in the early 1900's, when John Phillips, my partner grandfather started beekeeping for his fields pollinations and fell in love with the bees. As a businessman, he expanded honey production by selling honey in bulk to CO-OP stores and buying glass and tin cans for resale. The whole family all pitched in and did their part of extracting and learning the business, hoping that the kids would also take on the business trade. All the boys in the family took on different roles on their daily farm based on their passion and talent, and there was one son that loved bees as much as his father,  Lawrence Phillips. At the young age of around eight years old, he was already working in the bee yard with his father and learning everything possible, so much that as a boy, he built a  bumblebee hive to take care of those type of bees; funny enough, we still have this hive at the farm today. He continued working his hives as hobbyist and sold the honey to clients that always came back from generation to generation.

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My partner Lawrence Phillips Jr. grew up seeing his father in his bee yard during all summer long. He could not help him and learn as much since he was allergic to bees. He helped him with winter and spring preparation but never had the same passion as his father. He later got treated for his allergies and no longer have the problem. 

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When I met my in-laws, I volunteered to help my father-in-law since introduced in beekeeping in the early 1990's. That's when I fell in love with those amazing insects. I wanted to learn everything I could from him. Mr.Phillips was in the old generation, he didn't believe in raising his bees in our new culture. He still thought of leaving the bees in their natural habitat. But unfortunately, keeping with the reality of lack of forage and dealing with mites infestation, it  was hard for him to keep his bees alive. At the age of 91 years young, he was still able to work in his bees with the time he had left, even with fighting vascular Dementia. After taking care of him for the last two years of his life, I promise to continue his legacy of beekeeping. 

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In the last two years, my passion grew to become a commercial business. As I'm transitioning to retirement from federal worker. We are building our family tradition. Hoping to making Daddy Phillips and grandpa John Phillips PROUD.  

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