The People Behind the Hives: Thank You, Bob and Bev Bradbury

A thank-you to Bob and Bev Bradbury of B & B Enterprises

When I imagined the Bee Keepers shoot, I pictured real bees, beekeeper suits, and the shoes out among the hives. Bob and Bev Bradbury welcomed us onto their farm and helped make that idea happen. This post is for them.

The people behind the hives

Bob and Bev run B & B Enterprises, a local honey business in Flowery Branch, Georgia. Their work reaches beyond the honey jar. Their property supports a wide variety of plants and the bees that pollinate them.

On their Meet the Beekeepers page, they describe growing over 200 kinds of flowers, 36 kinds of vegetables, 12 kinds of fruit, and many herbs, trees and bushes. It gives you a sense of the care behind the place they shared with us.

Get to know their honey

Their website features raw wildflower honey, sourwood honey from their hives in Habersham County, and creamed honey in seven flavors. Visit their website for current products and ways to buy.

Explore B & B Enterprises at Buy Georgia Honey →

Thank you for sharing your world

We came for photographs and left with a new respect for bees and the people who care for them. The Bradbury family’s hospitality is part of what I remember most about this project. They gave us room to bring an unusual idea to life and took time to help us understand what was happening around the hives.

Bob and Bev, thank you for welcoming us, sharing your knowledge, and becoming part of the Bee Keepers story.

And yes, the honey was good, too.

ShoeBaker. Built from scratch.

More from the Bee Keepers project

• The adidas collaboration that taught me to tell a story
• Back to the Craft: The Bee Keepers box
• My original thank-you from the shoot