A History of
Jones Bee Company
Written by Olive Jones
In 1963, when our son
Richard came through the gate with a swarm of bees in a box, his Mother (that's
Olive) told him
"Get these bees out of here. I HATE BEES and
I don't want them around!"
His father, Bill (that's Bill in the picture), interrupted and said, "We'll keep
them on the roof and you'll never know they are here." At the beginning of the
next year there were seven hives in the garden!
Bill Jones was totally captivated and still was captivated by the bees,
until his death in 2003. He
decided he wanted to know everything there was to know and he "helped" Richard
care for the bees. This was easy because Richard was finding new interests
daily, studies, girls and a full-time job. Then Ric decided to go to college and
Bill bought him out.
Bill decided then that he would get a thousand hives and start
building bee boxes. It would turn out to be a full time endeavor in 1975 when he
retired from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation where he had worked since college.
Now we have the store we don't keep as many bees, but our son
Skip and other members of the family help out with all the jobs.
And That Is The Story!
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