We love our honeybees! In the traditional method of Apitherapy, after the bee stings the individual, the bee sadly dies. First, we harvest the venom by making the bees a little angry so they will sting a glass plate. The venom dries, and is then collected from the glass plate. Don’t worry! The bees get over it, and luckily don’t hold a grudge. The honeybee returns to its hive to produce more delicious honey (and venom)! Our research shows that extracting venom may actually increase pollination! The venom that’s collected is then analyzed by an outside analytical laboratory for quality and potency, thereby guaranteeing a consistent mixture of venom throughout the cream with every batch.

Harold was living a pretty routine life until one day he and his wife were involved in a motorcycle accident. While Harold was in the Emergency Department being treated for his injuries - it was discovered he had a cancerous tumor on his spine, and was later diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma.

During this period of chemotherapy, he received a hive of honeybees from a friend. One day, while handling the bees, he was stung. To his surprise, he started feeling much better, so much so that he was hungry and had energy again. Harold started connecting the dots and realized the bee sting had done him good. He then met with an Apitherapist who intentionally stung him every day, on purpose!

Harold knew there was something divinely powerful about the venom, and wanted to share it with the world but saw a problem... the sacrifice of the honey bee, the inconvenience and pain of the sting, and the inability to open a hive in cold climates.

Harold then contacted Amanda, a friend of his daughter's. Amanda had worked many years in the pharmaceutical industry and specialized in compounded medications. Harold invited Amanda to lunch one day to discuss his idea; the feasibility of creating an all natural cream derived of plant oils, infused with honey bee venom.

They spent years researching and formulating. Testing. Analyzing. Documenting. Testing again. They studied the safety and efficacy of each ingredient, as well as the sustainability and environmental impact.

By 2014 they knew they had something incredibly unique and profoundly effective, so they filed for patent protection. In 2015, they released a small batch of "Bee Well" to test the market and to garner feedback from the community. They took everything they had learned over the last three years and made a few adjustments, and in October of 2016 - Harold's Famous Bee Cream was released.