Bee Calm Naturals is a family operation, and has been from the start. What started as three hives in our backyard has grown into a family passion. We started small and learned from everyone that would teach us. Learning from within our community was one of our best moves yet. We now have hives in three different Central Kentucky counties, that’s a whole lot of hungry bees, and we hope they keep on growing.
Along the way we discovered another thing our friends here in Kentucky are especially great at: Hemp. Kentucky’s hemp industry is booming! Hemp that is locally grown, locally processed, and locally sold is good for locals & good for our community. New inspiration in hand, we dreamed up something bigger than just honey: Bee Calm Naturals. It’s a vision that started with perfecting the combo of our two passion projects into one: Hemp Honey
Our dreams don’t end there though. Our drive comes from our passion for our ingredients, our dedication to our customers, & our will to progress constantly. Our goal is to provide you with the absolute best that nature has to offer. We want to maximize the potential benefits of the incredible ingredients nature has to offer to provide you with maximum benefit.
Our Managing Partner, Taylor Davis, is a Beekeeper as well as the driving force behind Bee Calm Naturals. She graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. Taylor has a passion for casting metal, gardening, beekeeping & backpacking. She spends any free time she has hiking, kayaking, and camping. Her favorite hike is the Bullhead trail to the Lodge at Mount LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains. You can follow along with her shenanigans at NeverNotArt on Instagram.
A Native of Lexington KY Gregory Davis is our day to day Beekeeper tending to all the Hives and making sure everything runs smoothly.
With an advanced degree from the University of Kentucky in BioChemistry Dr. Davis is our Science Advisor. Dr. Davis heads the Kentucky Honey Testing Laboratory where She is the Principal Investigator on a Grant from the State of Kentucky Department of Agriculture establishing a protocol to DNA sequence the pollen in honey to establish the authenticity of honey and its botanical source. She also teaches Honey Bee Biology at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington where she is BioTechnology Coordinator.
Our Website consultant Caitlin Davis graduated from the University of Louisville. With a degree in Fine Arts and History Caitlin’s passion is Painting and Fly Fishing. “painting a place is honoring it, making it permanent in memory, forever significant.” She lives in Teton Valley ID where she teaches at the Teton Science School. Caitlin’s Website is CRDavisWorks.com.
