In 2016, following 30 years in Banking, I decided I wanted a change! My husband, Kevin Thorn, had been offered early retirement 6 months previously and I was no longer enjoying getting up at 530am and commuting. (There wasn’t much housework being done either while I was in the office!) Kevin was expanding his Bee Keeping hobby into becoming a Commercial Bee Farmer and suggested I help him market his honey and do a bit of book-keeping. I knew nothing about Bee Keeping but I knew I had a lot of different skills from my time at the Bank, working with Small Businesses in London and leading a team of Business Relationship Managers in Norfolk. 2017 grew into a busy and successful year of marketing and wholesaling our honey and I was also enjoying having some time being quiet and creative with our Beeswax. Our honey & beeswax products are now sold in over 90 outlets and distributed through 3 Milk Dairies in Suffolk. Kevin now looks after our 150 Hives on 20 Apiaries and is focused on breeding healthy happy bees and producing pure Suffolk Honey. In 2018 I started Busy Bees Cosmetics using our natural beeswax to make Lip Balms, Pet Paw lotions, Beeswax Wraps, Luxury Soaps, Wood Polish & Beeswax Melts. It’s amazing how our little business grows each year and we love hearing about happy shop owners and happy customers. You’ll find me posting photos on Busy Bees Cosmetics Facebook and Instagram.