Hi, I’m Beekeeper Brian.
Blood Money Honey
I founded Blood Money Honey in 2020 in Ames, Iowa after doing years of dreaming and research on the keeping of bees. Beekeeping can be expensive, so to get the money I needed to buy equipment and bees — and to help provide life-saving medicines to those in need — I started donating blood plasma at a local plasma donation center. That's where the name Blood Money Honey came from…it was literally born out of my blood, sweat, and tears! With that "blood money" I bought my first colony of bees and launched Blood Money Honey. I still donate plasma today for bee money and to help those who need plasma-based therapeutics.
Funny name, delicious honey.
Since 2020, Blood Money Honey has grown from a single colony of bees at a single apiary to multiple colonies at multiple apiaries around Story County. I proudly sell pure, raw Iowa honey, the best in the world! I also sell beeswax, beehives, and other bee products. I also trap and catch swarms all over Central Iowa (see swarm page).
