Humble Bee

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Humble Bee is an apiary of urban beekeepers, tending to hundreds of beehives across the greater Hamilton area, including hives at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton Port Authority, McMaster University and Mohawk College rooftop hives at the Mustard Seed and the Cotton Factory. Humble Bee was founded in 2013 by Luc Peters, an apiarist with a passion for studying and tending to bees. They focus on urban honey production, bee products, equipment sales, breeding and selling queen bees and nucleus colonies, and bee education.

Financing Need

Humble Bee received a loan from the Fair Finance Fund to increase their purchases from local suppliers, launched its new host-a-hive partnership program, consolidated hives to fewer locations, expanded their product lines and increased production capacity.

Impact of Project Over Loan Term

  • Increase in number of local suppliers purchases

  • Increase in labor efficiency

  • Two new jobs maintained or created

  • Expansion of product line of unique honey blends with herbs and medicinal mushrooms

  • Improved financial stability

  • Increase in community building and engagement through workshops and classes

  • Improved plant biodiversity

Hamilton • www.humble-bee-inc.myshopify.com

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