bee to business

What bee to business does

Bee To Business is a Dutch sole proprietorship founded and operated by beekeeper Stef van den Berg from Callantsoog in the Kop van Noord-Holland region. The company places and maintains Buckfast bee colonies on business premises as a turnkey sustainability service, charging €5.20 per day per hive with multi-year commitment discounts of 5% (3-year) and 10% (5-year). The core product bundles a Buckfast bee colony, full on-site maintenance, two honey harvests per year yielding 10-30kg each, 100 branded honey jars per harvest for corporate gifting, knowledge-sharing sessions, and documentation supporting BREEAM and LEED sustainability certifications (credits LE02 Ecological Provisions and LE06 Sponsorship & Active Support).

The underlying technology is domain-specialized rather than digital: Stef runs an in-house P0 (purebred) queen breeding program with controlled mating on Ameland, and supplies genuine Buckfast bees rather than mixed local stock. Auxiliary product lines include the Apidea Beginnerskast starter kit (€95) and individual P0 queen bees (€100) sold to hobbyist beekeepers. No proprietary software, API, or digital platform is disclosed; the technology stack is limited to a WordPress website and a Facebook presence.

The business model is a single-channel subscription service delivered directly by the founder. Sales are generated through personal site visits, word-of-mouth referrals, and a Dutch-language website contact form. Customers include 14 named companies — a mix of SMBs (campings, a family bed retailer, a local manufacturer) and a few enterprise accounts (Rabobank, Solar Nederland, Agrifirm) — all located within the Kop van Noord-Holland region. The company is bootstrapped, with no external funding, no co-founders, and no disclosed headcount beyond the founder.

Name

bee to business

Legal name

Bee To Business

Website

https://beetobusiness.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Bee To Business is a Dutch sole proprietorship run by beekeeper Stef van den Berg that places and maintains Buckfast bee colonies on business premises as a €5.20/day subscription service, including honey harvests and branded corporate gifts, serving SMB and enterprise customers in the Kop van Noord-Holland region of the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Beekeeping Services

NAICS

Apiculture (112910)

akta.pro primary industry

Apiary Management Services (Contract Beekeeping, Hive Maintenance) (AFAEAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Honey Production & Extraction (AFAEAHAA)

Keywords

• Corporate beekeeping services
• Beehive rental
• Biodiversity services
• Branded corporate gifts
• Sustainable business services

Headquarters

HQ city

Callantsoog

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Beehive Rental/Maintenance Service: Companies pay a daily fee for a complete beehive and colony including full maintenance, bi-annual honey harvest, branded honey products, knowledge sharing sessions, and sustainability certification. Pricing is €5.20/day with discounts for multi-year commitments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bee To Business provides corporate beehive placement and full hive maintenance for Dutch businesses as a subscription service, delivered through on-site installation of Buckfast bee colonies, twice-yearly honey harvesting, bottling of up to 100 branded honey pots per harvest, knowledge-sharing sessions, and documentation that supports BREEAM and LEED sustainability certification. The company also sells beekeeping products including a starter hive kit (Apidea Beginnerskast) and pure-bred P0 queen bees directly to hobbyist and small-scale beekeepers.

Product overview

Bee To Business is a single-service company offering bee hive rental for businesses as its core product. The main offering is a Bijenkast Service providing Buckfast bee colonies with full maintenance, twice-yearly honey harvests (10-30kg per harvest, bottled in 250g pots with company branding), knowledge sharing, and certificates. The company also sells individual beekeeping products including the Apidea Beginnerskast (starter kit with F1 queen, brood, and bees for €95) and P0 Queen Bees (pure-bred queens for €100). All offerings center on biodiversity enhancement and sustainability for business clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bee To Business Bijenkast Service A corporate beehive rental and maintenance subscription for businesses, providing a Buckfast bee colony with full ongoing maintenance, two honey harvests per year yielding 10–30 kg per harvest bottled into 100 branded 250g pots, knowledge sharing sessions, and a sustainability certificate. Priced at €5.20/day with multi-year discounts.
• Apidea Beginnerskast A complete starter bee hive kit for hobbyist beekeepers, containing an F1 queen, brood, and bees, priced at €95.
• P0 Koningin (Queen Bee) A pure-bred P0 (razuivere) queen bee born at the Bee To Business apiary, fertilized on Ameland in a protected environment, priced at €100 including shipping costs and shipped in a specially prepared shipping box.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 honey harvests per year producing 10-30kg of honey per harvest (20-60kg annually)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Solar NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolar Nederland, a technical and sanitary wholesale company with 330,000 products, partnered with Bee To Business to place a bee colony at their headquarters in Alkmaar. The partnership supports Solar Nederland's sustainability mission and biodiversity initiatives. Bee To Business provides full maintenance while Solar Nederland uses the branded honey to engage employees, suppliers, and partners with their sustainability goals.
• Jac Nota (Beddenspecialist.nl)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJac Nota, a family bed business established 1983 in the Kop van Noord-Holland, partnered with Bee To Business to place a bee colony. The partnership aligns with Jac Nota's focus on natural materials in their products.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Alvéole: Montreal-based corporate beehive rental and maintenance service that places hives on business rooftops and grounds across North America. Closest direct peer — same turnkey model (full maintenance, bi-annual honey harvest, branded jars, knowledge sessions), same target buyer (corporates seeking ESG/sustainability outcomes), same regulatory alignment (LEED, BREEAM-equivalent certifications).
• Bee Downtown: US-based service that places and maintains beehives at corporate campuses, hotels, and universities with branded honey and educational programming. Direct competitor in the corporate-beekeeping niche with comparable pricing structure (annual subscription), honey gifting, and sustainability positioning.
• The Best Bees Company: Boston-based beehive installation and maintenance service for businesses, homes, and institutions, offering honey harvest, branded jars, and educational workshops. Highly comparable service bundle and customer profile, with similar franchise/regional-rollout ambitions across multiple geographies.
• Best for Bees: US corporate and residential beehive service providing hive installation, maintenance, honey harvesting, and branded gifts to businesses. Comparable offering bundle aimed at sustainability-minded corporates, similar scale and GTM motion.

Regional players

• Bijenkorf imkerij / Dutch regional beekeepers: Dutch beekeeping associations and regional imkers who offer similar corporate hive-placement and honey-harvest services in other parts of the Netherlands. Comparable activity but operate in different Dutch regions, so they overlap only partially in customer base and represent both competition and potential partnership/network expansion for Bee To Business.
• Imkerij De Traay: Dutch commercial apiary offering honey and related bee products with corporate gifting and sustainability positioning. Similar honey output, branded packaging, and sustainability narrative, but serves different Dutch regions and does not specialise in on-site corporate hive rental.

Others

• Buglife (UK): UK-based invertebrate conservation charity running corporate biodiversity programmes including pollinator initiatives. Not a direct commercial peer but an adjacent ecosystem player whose corporate-partnership model and biodiversity narrative overlap with Bee To Business's ESG value proposition.
• Royal Dutch Beekeepers Association (NBV): Dutch national beekeeping association providing training, certification, and standards to Dutch apiarists. Not a competitor but a potential channel for credibility, partner-beekeeper sourcing, and customer referrals that could shape Bee To Business's expansion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BeeToBusiness
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beetobusiness

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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