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Burt’s Cabin Tour
Burt Shavitz, of Burt’s Bees, died two years ago. A photographer (for Life and Time) from Manhattan, he settled near Bangor, Maine, in the 1960s. There, he discovered beekeeping. Although Maine is one of the worst places in North America … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Hive Products, People, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged Burt Shavitz, Burt's Bees, Maine
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Burt’s Bee Buzz
Arguably, the most famous beekeeper in all history was an unlikely hippie living off the land in Maine’s remote woodlands. Burt Shavitz died this weekend. He was living the good life, a reclusive member of the back-to-nature, granola-chewing crowd. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Burt Shavitz, Burt's Bees, lip balm, Maine, Roxanne Quimby
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