After a near-burnout working in investigative journalism in Vancouver, Jeff Lee and his wife Amanda bought a bee farm in rural British Columbia. After a bumpy start with losses that nearly wiped out their colonies, they built an award-winning honey business with 800 hives, making for an inspiring late-life career change.
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The journalist who rebuilt his life after 60 – with bees

THE GUARDIAN

After a near-burnout working in investigative journalism in Vancouver, Jeff Lee and his wife Amanda bought a bee farm in rural British Columbia. After a bumpy start with losses that nearly wiped out their colonies, they built an award-winning honey business with 800 hives, making for an inspiring late-life career change.

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