EST. 1860
“Love is sweet”
Ryan Lieuallen was a born entrepreneur. When he was a teenager, his grandfather Edmund (A retired lifetime beekeeper himself) introduced Ryan to the art of beekeeping. Ryan’s sense of adventure, and entrepreneurialism set the future of Sweet Bee Honey Company in motion. His college plans to get an entomology degree was interrupted when the program got cut in his freshman year. Ever adaptive, he sidestepped and got a business degree and worked closely with the WSU entomology department to further his education on his first love, the bees.
After college, living out of a two bedroom shack and subsidising his one employee with free housing, Ryan met his other love, Stacie. A career teacher, Stacie brought a new angle and passion to Sweet Bee Honey Company. Her values are all about stewardship and educating people to live better lives. After 12 years as a health and PE teacher, with Ryan and their two daughters encouragement she took the leap to diversify SBHC and provide retail honey produced and packed on their family farm. With this, SBHC evolved to be more than a honey company, they dedicated themselves to ensuring the future of bees and providing better honey that better for the environment.
