Night sky above a forest

Our Values

Will business always be an amoral stampede for profit? Or will justice ever factor into the bottom line? That choice is ours. As our community, we hope you hold us to our founding values…

Drew's Honeybees: Do Some Good

  • We measure success by our effect on our community– customers, employees, farmers and laborers, the Earth, future generations, owners, and, of course, the honeybee! They put food on your table. All the best food too–fruit, veggies, nuts, and beans! We dedicate 20% of net profits and much time, thought, and sweat to honeybee, research, education, and advocacy.


    We believe business can improve human and ecosystem health. We strive for kinder, sustainable business for the health and happiness of all.

  • Drew pointing at Bees in honeycomb

  • Hands in earth

  • We began as beekeepers. Our experience underlies our gratitude toward farmers, laborers, vibrant ecosystems, and sustainable agriculture. Our partner farmers manage their plots of earth as ecosystems and treat their laborers justly. Together, we empower the human drive to better oneself, family, and community.

    We will not make untrue and exploitative claims. We will relay credible science honestly. We respect you and value science.

We see a path apart from the dishonesty and harm in body care–a path that respects the intellect, wellbeing, and finances of our customers.

Meet Drew's Honeybees Team

  • Amber - Omelette Lover

    Amber - Packaging & Brand Design

    Amber creates the honest, sustainable, and human design of Drew's Honeybees, always keeping an eye to what could be. She went to school at Pratt Institute in NYC for Communication Design. At Pratt, she won two Graphic Design USA Awards and cooked kimchi fried rice and egg daily. Amber dreams of someday venturing to Antarctica.

  • Arno - Killah Bee Cowboy

    Arno - Head Beekeeper

    Arno comes to DHB from South Africa. Arno battles with honey badgers to keep Africanized “killer” bees at home. Yah, he’s kind of a cowboy 🤠 Arno brings invaluable experience from many years of industrial beekeeping. Arno and Drew are working toward keeping honey bees in ways that are good for business, honey bees, and native pollinator ecology.

  • Bear - Ain’t wild things grand?

    Bear - Ungovernable Destroyer

    Financially, I’ve caused Drew some problems. I’m a bear. To borrow from Biz Markie, he’s got what I need. But here’s an odd not-so-secret. Drew loves me. Loves me.  His eyes are never wider than when discussing me. In such funny ways I bring out the best and worst in you mangey bipeds. I hope you have the goodness to leave some wilds for me. You’ll miss me when I’m gone.

  • Drew - Chief Butterfly Wrangler

    Drew - Founder

    Drew values the noble work of others–even if we never know their names. From time with bees and alongside farmers, Drew sees redemption in agriculture done well. This belief keeps him hustling daily, vowing a verse from Springsteen’s Youngstown will never describe his treatment of others- “Once I made you rich enough/ rich enough to forget my name.”

  • Long Tall Sally - Kind of a Big Deal

    Long Tall Sally - Chief Matriarch

    Sally heads a dynamo hive in Canterbury, Connecticut. Her daughters are gentle, industrious and somehow kick the pestilential Varroa destructor’s butt. We take no position on whether Sally is built for speed. 💁‍♀️💨😉

  • Michael - Chief Bug Officer

    Michael - Web Developer

    Michael makes the website happen–he takes all the crazy ideas, puts his head down and makes them real. He is a University of California Santa Cruz Computer Science graduate, where he excelled in programming site-crashing bugs.  Outside of Drew's Honeybees, he loves automobiles, gaming, and yummy food from sustainable farming.