I am a full time commercial beekeeper and part-owner of Vermont Bees LLC, based in Swanton, Vermont. We sell honey and have a breeding program, selling queens and breeder queens. I spent 12 years in the restaurant industry and doing odd jobs while developing an understanding of my obsession with nature. My start in commercial beekeeping began after a few years of hobby beekeeping and bee clubbing where I met Mike Palmer of French Hill Apiaries. It was during his presentation that I realized it sounded like the perfect job. His operation was about 2.5 hours away so I spent the summer helping any way I could. Mike had a full crew at that time, so knowing my this was my path I applied for a couple of migratory positions. I got one and called Mike for his opinion. It was harvest season, so hired me on the spot. Since that moment my life has been fully immersed in bees. I spent the next 6 years working for him at his French Hill Apiaries and met my now partner there, Adam. I started working after work and weekends with him and it wasn't long before he invited me to become a partner in his LLC (Vermont Bees) with his father, Bruce.Over the last two years I have been elected as the Vice President of the Vermont Beekeepers Association, studied in the Education of the Production and Insemination of Queens (EPIQ) program at Pennsylvania State University, and learned Instrumental Insemination with Susan Cobey. I consider our operation scientific while still artistic, artesian and progressive. We're not your average and we're good with that.