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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA.
IT ALL STARTED WITH A SINGLE
BEEHIVE. FAST FORWARD 10-YEARS,

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AND THE FOUNDER AND LONE
EMPLOYEE OF HARDWOOD HONEY IS
THE BEEKEEPER BEHIND THE HONEY
FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA'S

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TOP RESTAURANTS AND VENUES.
AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN GOT A
HANDS-ON LOOK AT A UNIQUE

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BUSINESS THAT JUST KEEPS
GROWING.
>> HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GET
STUNG?

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>> NOT AS MANY TIMES AS I GET
ASKED.
>> IT'S A JOB MANY DON'T WANT TO
DO, BUT FOR 35-YEAR-OLD ROSS

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HARDING, WHAT STARTED OUT AS
JUST A HOBBY HAS BLOSSOMED INTO
A FULL BLOWN BEE BUSINESS.
>> THIS ALL STARTED FROM AN

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ARTICLE YOU READ TEN YEARS AGO,
AND YOU THOUGHT, HEY, I'M GOING
TO QUIT MY DAY JOB AND START
KEEPING BEES.

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>> I KIND OF BUILT IT SLOWLY
WHILE I STILL HAD MY JOB. BUT
STILL, IT WAS A LEAP.
>> A LEAP THAT'S PAID OFF.

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>> THIS IS ONE OF HOW MANY BEE
HIVES AROUND CENTRAL INDIANA?
>> ABOUT 32 LOCATIONS AROUND
INDIANAPOLIS. PRETTY MUCH EVERY

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CITY TOUCHING INDIANAPOLIS.
>> AND AS THEY SAY WHEN IN ROME.
>> BASICALLY THE TOP HAT NEEDS
TO GO THERE. PULL THIS DOWN, AND

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JUST TO BE CAUTIOUS, RIGHT HAND,
PLEASE, ALL THE WAY DOWN.
>> WOW! WHAT DO YOU THINK?
LET'S GO.

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>> NORMALLY WITH A BIG BEE HIVE
WE TRY NOT TO STAND IN FRONT,
THESE ARE BABY BEE HIVES, PULL
THAT OUT OF THE SHADOWS, THIS IS

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ALL HONEY RIGHT HERE, CAPPED,
READY TO -- YOU CAN JUST OPEN
THIS UP LIKE THIS. AND YOU'LL
SEE THERE IS HONEY UNDER HERE.

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OKAY. THEY CAN BRING IN OVER 30
POUNDS OF HONEY IN A DAY.
>> I'M NOT SCARED OF BEES, BUT
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I EVER

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THOUGHT I WOULD DO BARE-HANDED?
>> HOW IS IT FOR YOU?
>> I FEEL PRETTY POWERFUL,
HONESTLY.

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>> I KNOW.
>> IT'S AMAZING. IF YOU WERE TO
ESTIMATE, HOW MANY BEES?
>> THERE'S PROBABLY 400 BEES ON

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THAT FRAME, MAYBE 500.
>> WHEN YOU'RE READY TO PUT THIS
TO MARKET.
>> WE BRUSH THE BEES RIGHT INTO

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THE FRONT OF THE HIVE, ONCE ALL
THE BEES ARE OFF OF IT, I BRING
THE BOX STRAIGHT FROM THE YARD
INTO THE RESTAURANT AND CUT THE

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COMB FOR THEM FRESH. IT IS
LITERALLY HIVE TO TABLE. IT'S
STILL WARM.
>> SUPPLIES TO MANY TOP

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RESTAURANTS.
>> GALLERY PASTRY BAR DOWNTOWN,
CUNNINGHAM, MARTHA UBER, SHARE
HONEY AND COMB. I TAKE CARE OF

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THE BEES FOR MARTHA AT THEIR
HOUSE.
>> ONE OF MANY INDIVIDUAL HIVES
HARDING MANAGES.

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>> I HAVE PEOPLE REACH OUT AND
THEY SAY I'D REALLY LIKE SOME
BEE HIVES ON MY PROPERTY, I
DON'T HAVE THE TIME, I'M SCARED.

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I'VE ARRANGED A PARTNERSHIP WITH
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHERE I'LL
TAKE CARE OF THE BEES, I'LL
BRING THEM BEES AND THEY GET ALL

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THE HONEY
>> HE'S PARTED WITH INDIANA
BASED MADISON RESERVE, BY FORMER
NFL LONG SNAPPER ANDREW EAST AND

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HIS WIFE FORMER OLYMPIC GYMNAST
SHAWN JOHNSON EAST.
>> FROM THEIR ONE SUPPLIER OF
HONEY. THEY LOVE WHAT I'M DOING,

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SOMETHING WE CO-BRAND AND HAVE
PRODUCTS.
>> FROM WHIPPED HONEY TO BLACK
WALNUT HONEY BUTTER, HE'S

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CONSTANTLY CRAFTING NEW
CONCOCTIONS YOU WITH BUY
DIRECTLY ON HIS WEBSITE
PROVIDING HE'S NOT SOLD OUT.

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>> THERE IS SOME VALUE TO
INDIANA HONEY. PEOPLE DEMAND
LOCAL HONEY. PEOPLE LEARNED THE
HONEY YOU'RE BUYING FROM YOUR

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NORMAL GROCERY STORE, IT DOESN'T
HAVE ALL THE SAME THINGS,
THEY'VE HEATED IT, PRESSURE
FILTERED IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE

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ENZYMES, THE POLLEN. I'LL DO MY