Breeann & Trevor Doerksen
Meet our family
Beekeeper
Beekeeping is a lifestyle. Once you go “bee” you don’t go back to a normal existence. Trevor the beekeeper lives and breathes bee. He took a deep dive into the world of beekeeping in 2016 when we participated in a study with some friends from New Zealand; spending 12 weeks learning from Master beekeepers in our own backyard. He caught the bug and we’ve been steadily increasing our hive numbers each year. A red-seal Stone Mason by trade, Trevor decided to transition out of working away from home and beekeeping offered a perfect opportunity for quality of life and financial freedom.
Herbalist
Creating a life that is rooted in the natural world has meant life-long learning for Breeann. Trained as a Teacher, she worked in elementary education for ten years all the while gaining interest in natural healing and herbalism. What began as curiosity for the way plants can heal became a way of life and has lead to the creation of the Hive & Honey product line. Training with the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing has deepened her understanding of the way we can use wild and cultivated plants responsibly to heal and nourish our bodies. Giving up teaching professionally has been a life change for the whole family, but has been incredibly rewarding to bring the knowledge and power of the wild world into the hands of customers through handcrafted products.
Meet Magnus, a true farmer. He loves to be outside riding his dirt bike or mountain bike, or snowmobile in winter. Helping in the bee yard is a chore, but can be convinced to help if there’s ice cream involved afterwards! He loves softball, dirt biking, skiing, fishing, and fixing things. His favourite products are: Wildflower Honey, Charcoal bar & Herbal Balm.
Our own sponsored athlete, Justina! Getting Justina off the softball field is our challenge, a star player on the Bulkley Valley Hive & Honey U15 team. She loves spending time with her friends and is a big help in the soap shop and at all our markets, she may have some of her dad’s sales skills! An early riser and always smiling. Justina’s favourite products are Wildflower Honey, Herbal Heaven Spray & Wild Forest Lotion.