The Bee’s Knees: There’s something sweet about the story behind Brothers Honey Co. in Conway
Hard work, lots of fun, and very sticky: That’s how Katie Opriş describes her first experience harvesting honey in 2016. When she and her husband, Elvis, started beekeeping a year prior, they were already using honey in their food prep and well aware of its health benefits. Elvis had watched his father keep bees when he was growing up in Romania, and some of his brothers—he is one of six boys now spread over four countries in three continents—had taken an interest, too. When one of them came to visit in 2015, he got Elvis and Katie started with their first hive. “As far as the bees go, they’re just fascinating,” Elvis says. “Watching them, learning about their behavior—they draw you in and become addictive.”
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