Meet the PerfectBee Team

With some inspiration from his eldest daughter, a fascination with honeybees and a background in computers (software development and IT), Mark founded PerfectBee in 2015. The goal was always to offer a safe, welcoming online presence where anyone interested in beekeeping can learn and enjoy this wonderful hobby.

Still very involved in day-to-day operations at PerfectBee, Mark runs the business from various coffee shops in beautiful Washington state. Between time spent with his family, he enjoys working on improving and expanding PerfectBee’s usability and knowledgebase. He's the man behind the curtain helping us to reach and aid as many beekeepers as possible!

Nicole’s love for honeybees began in 2019 when she took a job in the beekeeping industry. That spurned an obsession for learning all about and caring for honeybees. She’s now even roped her husband, Rob, and step-daughter, Rhiannon, into beekeeping and helping in the bee yard, too!

Nicole lives in Upstate, NY, enjoying the many aspects of her work at PerfectBee. From helping with beekeeping questions, welcoming new Colony members on Orientation calls, writing much of our beekeeping content and working with Mark to update the backend, Nicole handles many different things here.

With a background in customer service, Kylie joined the PerfectBee Team in 2022 to help with day-to-day customer service tasks. Her role has morphed over time at PerfectBee and she now helps with various projects, while also assisting with customer service tasks from time to time.

Kylie thanks PerfectBee for her beekeeping knowledge! She loves hearing stories from our PerfectBee community, especially when new beekeepers join Colony, as she knows first-hand there is so much to learn!

From beautiful Oregon, Ron has enjoyed beekeeping for many years. He has contributed to PerfectBee since 2016 and has quite the following among PerfectBee visitors! Over the years, Ron has introduced hundreds of folks to beekeeping, through his classes in Oregon each year.

William recently moved from the North Olympic Peninsula in Washington State to East/Central Minnesota. William got involved in keeping bees as a teenager, back in the 1970s. He has kept bees in hot and humid North Mississippi. He is one class shy of obtaining his Master Beekeeper certification from the University of Montana.

Joe picked up the beekeeping bug in 2008 (tempted by friends!), originally in Indiana, and now keeps his bees in Maine. He has been with PerfectBee for several years and brings a unique perspective, including his wonderful, self-built "bee hotel"!

Janice currently enjoys her bees in NE Tennessee, having started her beekeeping passion in 2014. She maintains traditional and horizontal Langstroth hives as well as Top Bar hives.

Janice holds a Master Beekeeping Advanced Certification from Texas T&M University. She is the President of the Mountain City Beekeepers Association and is a mentor to the Johnson County High School FFA Honeybee Program. She is a member of both the Johnson County Beekeepers Club and the Eastern Apicultural Society.

Marta is a Cornell-certified Master Beekeeper and a dedicated backyard beekeeper. She maintains seven colonies, with a combination of Langstroth and hybrid AZ Slovenian/Langstroth hives. Her primary objective is to uphold the healthiest colonies achievable, focusing on natural resistance to Varroa mites, through non-synthetic Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices.

Marta's secondary aim is to disseminate beekeeping expertise, encouraging new generations to embrace this enriching hobby. She has a Master Beekeeping certification and an academic background in biology and teaching, including a Master of Science degree from Poland. She also has experience teaching Anatomy and Anthropology at a Polish university.