Homers Honeybee was never meant to be just a business.

It started as a quiet concern in a garden.

We’re Richard and Seth Homer — a father and son working side by side with a shared calling: to bring strong, healthy bees back into our communities and help others learn how to care for them the right way.

More than a decade ago, Richard began noticing something unsettling. His garden, once alive with pollinators, was growing quieter. Fruit trees bloomed… but fewer bees came. That silence pushed him to start asking questions that led him deep into the world of beekeeping, sustainability, and the fragile balance between pollinators and our food system.

What began as one hive in a suburban backyard quickly became something bigger than expected. Richard immersed himself in learning everything he could about colony health, sustainable beekeeping practices, and the growing crisis facing honeybees across the country. He built his apiaries with one goal in mind: raise bees responsibly, educate others, and make beekeeping accessible to everyday families.

Today, Richard oversees hundreds of hives, teaches hands-on beekeeping classes, and works closely with new beekeepers to help them build strong, healthy colonies from the ground up. For him, the bee was never just an insect. It was a signal that something in our relationship with nature needed care — and he chose to answer that call.

Seth joined the journey nearly a decade ago.

At the time, Seth was raising his own family, building a life rooted in hard work, faith, and time spent outdoors. As he stepped into beekeeping alongside his dad, what began as helping quickly turned into a calling of its own. Seth brought new energy, growth, and vision to the operation while fully embracing the humility that beekeeping demands.

Together, they expanded Homers Honeybee from roughly 200 hives to managing more than 900 across Utah and surrounding regions — all while staying grounded in the same values they started with: stewardship, education, faith, and community.

Today, Homers Honeybee is built on family, mentorship, and service.

We harvest raw, unfiltered honey directly from our hives.

We supply bees and equipment to backyard and commercial beekeepers.

And most importantly, we mentor and support people who feel called to this craft — whether they’re starting with their first hive or managing an entire apiary.

These are challenging times for bees and beekeepers alike. Annual colony losses across the United States often reach 40–50%, and the pressures facing pollinators continue to grow. That reality fuels everything we do.

We don’t believe beekeeping is about controlling nature.

We believe it’s about learning from it.

We openly share both our successes and our failures, because real education comes from experience, not perfection. The bees have taught us that growth happens through patience, resilience, and adaptation — lessons we now pass along to every beekeeper we work with.

Our faith reminds us that stewardship is a responsibility, not ownership. We’re simply caretakers of something far greater than ourselves, and we strive to honor that every day in how we raise bees, harvest honey, and serve our community.

Whether you’re pulling your first frame, expanding your apiary, or simply looking for honey and hive products you can trust, we’re grateful you’re here.

Welcome to Homers Honeybee.

From our family… to yours.