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Gavin’s Apiaries: From a sack of bees to a six-figure business

Co-owner and fourth-generation beekeeper Liam Gavin talks multigenerational business stigma, and how to catch a swarm of bees in a sack.

Gavin's Apiaries' second generation owner, Terry Gavin (left), selling honey.

Kate McVicar Mon, 02 Jun 2025

“I always remember, as a young kid, being able to go out shifting beehives with Dad at night," says Gavin’s Apiaries co-owner Liam Gavin. “I wasn’t moving the hives, I was just a passenger, but that was quite a cool memory growing up.”

It’s an experience he wants to share with his

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Kate McVicar Mon, 02 Jun 2025
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