The story behind Our Tiny Bees
FROM KITCHEN TABLE TO MARKET
OUR TINY BEES
The idea for Our Tiny Bees came after founder Jon Stead had been keeping bees with his father for a few years. One summer they had quite a lot of surplus honey and beeswax after maintaining the hives, and wanted to put it to good use. All his life Jon had suffered with very dry lips, so with a little research and practicing formulas at the kitchen table, he created some natural, sweet-smelling lip balms. Not only did the balms cure Jon's cracked and sore lips, they also smelled amazing and everyone wanted one!
A few months later Jon had made enough for everyone, so approached a small health food shop in Manchester who took 80 and Our Tiny Bees was born!
In 2014 Jon was approached by the BBC to appear on Dragon's Den. Never wanting to be mainstream, Jon agreed and entered the Den. It was clear that business entrepreneurs did not get it, advising it would be way simplier to buy commercial Chinese honey and beeswax to make more profit and spend less time purifying it himself. Jon realised he was happy earning less money to make things better, and would rather fill his pots with goodness, charge a fair price and be happy.
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Delighted with the handkerchiefs. Great concept hope you do well going forward. Thanks
I was pleased to be offered unscented sheets and have since been pleased with their performance.
Website easy to negotiate and also pleased to use a UK firm.
So all round pretty pleased.
I recently came across green tulip; recommended by a friend. I was delighted by the products I saw and placed a gift order immediately. I received an incredibly personalised note in response to my order; even making me aware I had added a gift box to an already boxed product and an offer to refund me the gift box; a very honest and trusted exchange. Upon arrival the gift was magnificent quality.
Would recommend to everyone
Wow, I was blown away by the quality of the two makeup bags that I ordered. The material is such lovely quality, and the colours are stunning. I'm absolutely thrilled with my items. They were really nice packed too, which made them extra special to open