Our roots in Hopefield stretch back to the 1920s, but our true spark arrived in the 1950s as a simple wedding gift. When Derick Hugo received his first beehive, his father-in-law noted: “If you cannot afford jam, at least my daughter will have honey on her table.” What began as a humble hobby blossomed into a lifelong devotion. In 1994, Derick turned his passion into a family legacy, built on a deep respect for our bees and the curious honey badgers that share our land. Today, every Simply Bee product carries that same promise of pure, handcrafted care.