Los Angeles, California, United States
About Us
Our Mission
Bryan's Bees is a beekeeping company in the Western USA. We originated in Ventura County, California in 2012 with our first five packages of bees and the dream of becoming commercial beekeepers. Unfortunately we quickly found that commercial beekeeping is more of a labor of love, so most of our business currently revolves around live bee rescue. We then use rescued hives to nourish and grow our beekeeping operation.
When the business was young Bryan worked the bees part time while he worked in the pest control industry. There he was forced to spray hives time and time again, while he felt like there must be a better way. Now we are proud to say that we rescue hundreds of hives every year while remaining entirely pesticide free. The rescued hives are then carefully cared for in our apiary, and are used to pollinate crops and make honey across the entire west coast.
Our History
Bryan's Bees is a beekeeping company in the Western USA. We originated in Ventura County, California in 2012 with our first five packages of bees and the dream of becoming commercial beekeepers. Unfortunately we quickly found that commercial beekeeping is more of a labor of love, so most of our business currently revolves around live bee rescue. We then use rescued hives to nourish and grow our beekeeping operation.
When the business was young Bryan worked the bees part time while he worked in the pest control industry. There he was forced to spray hives time and time again, while he felt like there must be a better way. Now we are proud to say that we rescue hundreds of hives every year while remaining entirely pesticide free. The rescued hives are then carefully cared for in our apiary, and are used to pollinate crops and make honey across the entire west coast.
Meet The Staff
Bryan
Lyndsay
Lyndsay
Bryan’s Bees is owned and operated by Bryan Castro. In 2008 he attended California State University Channel Islands where he studied entomology and ecology, while working in the California State University Channel Islands Pollination Ecology Lab. It was there that he fell in love with honey bees and beekeeping. In 2012, Bryan bought his first five packages of bees, and Bryan’s Bees was born. After ending his internship at CSUCI he worked at Associate's Insectary raising beneficial insects, Jubilee Honey Company as a commercial beekeeper, and Terminix as a pest control technician. In April of 2015 Bryan began working for Bryan's Bees full time.
Lyndsay
Lyndsay
Lyndsay
Lyndsay is the official Bryan's Bees office manager, and has been working with Bryan since they met at California State University Channel Islands their freshman year. She has a BA in Performing Arts and has worked with children, professionally, in several capacities in the past. Because of this, she not only runs the office, but is also in charge of our educational outreach and volunteer events. Bryan and Lyndsay are a team not just within Bryan's Bees, but in life as well. They have been together for many years and in 2019, they welcomed a son.
Colin
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Colin is the Regional Field Manager for Southern California. He has been with Bryan's Bees since 2018. He has shown his mettle as a live bee removal technician and stepped up as a leader in 2019. His initiative and dedication are unparalleled.
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We're Hiring! Want to help do your part to save the bees? Send your resume and cover letter to info@bryansbees.com today!