In the summer of 1991 Norman was mowing grass on our property in Brooklet, GA. As he was mowing under a large sweetgum tree he looked up and saw a small hive of bees underneath a large limb of the tree. He then told Rachel who grew up in Kansas taking care of beehives. The next day we bought bee keeping equipment and a few days later tried to catch the bees, but they all left. So, we ordered a package of bees and were in the bee business.

       In the next few years people started calling us if they saw a swarm of bees and over time our number of hives has grown to approximately 40 (2009). We currently extract around 50 pounds of honey a year from each hive.