Meet the Beekeeper!

Apiarist Emily Bondor is a full-time beekeeper and educator. She founded Santa Cruz Bee Company in 2015 to serve clients in the Monterey and SF Bay area.

Emily has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The University of Massachusetts Amherst. Prior to discovering her passion for bees, Emily worked in the non-profit sector with a focus on outdoor education and organic agriculture. Emily began keeping bees on Maui while pursuing a permaculture design internship and from 2014-2020 worked with the Napa Valley Bee Company.

Emily has served as the president of the Santa Cruz Beekeepers Guild and is still on their board. Recently Emily joined ABBA, the Adaptive Bee Breeders Alliance, a collaboration of a dozen beekeepers and researchers under the direction of Melanie Kirby.