Bee sting into multi-million-dollar business? That’s exactly what naturally curious Mikaila Ulmer did after two stings led her to research more about the bees that bit her. In a perfect example of everything falling into place at the right time, Ulmer’s lightbulb went on in the form of a bee sting, after her parents encouraged her to enter into a local children’s business competition.
In a matter of weeks, then 4-year-old Mikaila was stung twice by bees, and was the recipient of her great grandmother’s cookbook from the 1940s; in that cookbook was the recipe for great granny Helen’s Flaxseed Lemonade.
According to Mikaila, “I didn’t enjoy the bee stings at all. They scared me. But then something strange happened. I became fascinated with bees. I learned all about what they do for me and our ecosystem. So then I thought, what if I make something that helps honeybees and uses my
