Sustainability

Faye Whitley

Founder of Beevive - UK based

Turned a chance encounter with a tired bee into a nationally recognised wildlife brand stocked by WWF, Kew Gardens, and John Lewis.

What Beevive does

After finding a tired bee in 2018 and struggling to locate flowers nearby, Faye and her partner Jacob gave it a sugar water solution and watched it fly away. That moment sparked an idea – the Bee Revival Kit, a keyring containing bee-friendly syrup for rescuing exhausted bees. They started selling at local markets in Devon and grew the business from their kitchen table to a fully operational studio with a team of six. Their products are now stocked by the RSPB, WWF, Kew Gardens, and wildlife trusts across the UK, and they pitched on Dragons' Den where Deborah Meaden made them an offer.

Visit Beevive

Source: the company's own website and published interviews. We only publish details the founder has shared publicly.

Superpower: Nature-Driven Innovation

"A small act of kindness for a tired bee became the start of a business that helps people make a positive difference every day."

What a young person can learn from this

A real business in sustainability started with a specific problem, not a perfect plan.
Nature-Driven Innovation is a skill you can practise, not something you are born with.
How product & service development shows up in a real business.
How social enterprise shows up in a real business.
How opportunity spotting shows up in a real business.