The only boy in a family of five, Kevin has been involved in the family business for over five decades, having watched his father carefully nurture the bees since he was a young child.

Learning the craft
In his teenage years, he would help carry in the crates, shake in the swarms and help with swarm control. He gained first hand, practical experience from watching Jerry at work and helped with the manual labour involved in the upkeep of the bees.

From Dairy Farmer to Bee-keeper
He trained and worked on the family farm as a dairy farmer, exclusively for forty years, having received a Green Cert and achieved a diploma in Dairy Husbandry & Management. In 2017, he became more involved in Molaga Honey and helped his father scale the business, to supply national supermarkets, which was a huge milestone for the business.

Taking over the business
He took over the business in 2020 and it is his main focus. He is passionate about providing the highest quality, unblended honey to market and believes his relaxed, carefree upbringing in rural West Cork, gave him the recipe for keeping things simple and wanting to continue the tradition of producing raw, natural honey from his family farm.