Burt`s Bees

Burt`s Bees started in Maine, when Burt Shavitz, a beekeeper who made his living selling jars of honey out of his pickup, hooked up with Roxanne Quimby, a hard-working waitress, and single mom, to make beeswax candles. After pulling in $200 dollars at a local junior high craft fair and bake sale, they knew they were on to something. Today, Burt`s Bees has moved to bigger digs in North Carolina, but their company is still one big happy family producing a full line of earth-friendly, natural personal care products (and yes, they still make candles).