When Mikaila was only four, her family encouraged her to come up with a product for a children’s business competition. While she was coming up with an idea, she got stung by a bee and her grandma sent her a recipe for flaxseed lemonade. Though the bee sting was not desired, she became fascinated with bees and wants to learn about them and how they contribute to the ecosystem. She decided that she wanted to use the honey for her grandma’s recipe. This is where Me & the Bees Lemonade was started.

Mikaila’s business keeps growing every year, and sells out of her homemade honey lemonade at entrepreneur events. This is a really cool business because she donates a percentage of the profits to local organizations trying to save the bees. Her business lives by: buy a bottle, save a bee.  She even participates on social entrepreneurship panels and has created a facebook page. This lemonade has won many awards and is buzzing off the shelves of Whole Foods Market and is available in many stores. I love how young Mikaila is and how she used her pain from a bee sting to make a social impact.