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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3245 - STORY: Six-Figure Beekeeping Biz Buzzes for Minnesota Couple

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Small Business, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Side Hustle, Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The buzzworthy journey of Minnesotan bees and their keepers. These hardy bees don't mess around—last year they produced $150,000 in sweet profits.

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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Connect on Instagram: @193countries

Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com

Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com

If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 



Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.


Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com

Email: team@sidehustleschool.com

Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions

Connect on Instagram: @193countries

Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com

Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

If you ever shop online, which, let's be real, who doesn't, you already understand how important

0:05.6

customer reviews are. You know this as a consumer, right? You always check the reviews before you buy

0:10.1

something and your customers are checking reviews as well. That's why if you run an e-commerce

0:14.7

business, reviews have an enormous impact on your business and you want to level up your business

0:19.0

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0:21.1

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0:26.7

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0:31.2

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0:37.2

and use code hustle. No credit card or

0:39.7

contract required and you can cancel any time. That's shipstation.com code hustle.

0:48.2

Lemonada.

0:52.9

My friends, let's go on a buzzworthy adventure.

1:00.2

I'm excited.

1:01.2

I'm here to tell you about the stinging side hustle of a Minnesota couple.

1:05.0

This couple makes a sweet six-figure income for keeping bees.

1:09.4

Keeping bees.

1:10.3

There's golden-in-be bees, as they say. These are

1:12.9

Minnesota hardy bees. They go dog sledding in the middle of winter before shopping at Target.

1:18.3

They are bred to survive and also bred to make a lot of money for their keepers. I enjoyed working on

1:23.3

this story. Six-figure beekeeping biz buzzes for Minnesota couple. These hardy bees aren't messing around. Stay tuned for the story, six-figure beekeeping biz buzzes for Minnesota couple. These hardy bees aren't messing

1:28.9

around. Stay tuned for the story. Whenever I buy something online, I probably do the same thing that you do.

1:38.0

And if you think about it, like there might be some different steps you take when you're doing

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