| Ahh, the worker bees! Where would we be without all the people that help get our dreams and ideas accomplished? The following is a partial list of the people who help get the job done right at Queen Bee Sauce. All of the products are formulated and made in Pagosa Springs with the team of worker bees that pick up and drop off "kitted" projects. Our success and growth could not go forward without them. So, thank goodness for the worker bees! |
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Jackie DuCharme - JackA the suit
She doesn't know it, but we call her the Queen of cuteness. She helps by working at the various craft shows and farmer's markets where we share our sauces with customers. She is the proud mother of two (kittens that is) and endless positive energy surrounds her. |
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Lucky, product tester
Lucky is the main animal product tester. Of course, it's only after she rolls in dead fish by the Lake. Our clever little jack russell adds a smile to the faces of all our hive visitors.
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Melissa McDonald, Production Supervisor
Retired school teacher and busy bee, Melissa helps bottle and label. She is a loyal user of fancy face! She was the inspiration for Butta and has an amazing varied landscape, full of flowers in the Pagosa summertime. She prefers to be called The Queen Mom. |
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Lori Sofer, worker bee
Lori runs our farmer's markets booth all summer in Pagosa and still rants about the vitamin serum to everyone she meets. Thank you Lori for getting the job done right! Your "can do" attitude is a model that more people should follow. |
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Rhoda West, good friend and very saucey consumer
(showing her "baby" Coco photo) She loves the sauce. She works on bottling and packaging You're Nuts! cuticle oil, evening primrose, tamanu and helps out overall. She does it in her spare time. Her favorite products include Javanese Face Paste and Glycolic Tonic.
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Lucy Alpers, worker bee extraordinaire
She is a teacher, an avid biker and loves all things organic. She had played around with making several of her own "salves" before coming to work with the Queen. Lucy works part time helping to keep the hive buzzing. That girl can package up shea butter faster than you can wink an eye! |
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Mark Caldwell, Zencart Master
The shopping cart site programming is all Mark. Owner and founder of several game development software companies (including New World Computing) he lives in San Diego with a gorgeous wife, two boys and happy dogs. |
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Ryan Kennedy, Prep & Production
Working in Yountville at french laundry famed Thomas Keller restaurant called "Bouchon", he continues to help package Boost long distance. Ryan helped move the Queen Bee from small batches to bigger production. His favorite product is Crack Cream. We use that scent to custom blend a body wash for his peppy self. |
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Barb Skiles
They are part time Pagosa folk and have been coming for years during the summers |
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Donna Unrath
She is new to Pagosa Springs having moved from Wisconsin. She enjoys hiking with her gorgeous dog. Donna helps fill and bottle to relieve stress after work. |
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Lee Sanchez, Worker Bee
Lee works the various craft fairs and farmer's markets when her schedule allows. She is a big fan of the glycolic. The cuticle oil secret magic ingredient (clove) came from her suggestion. By day she is a dental hygenist and by night a very clever and crafty lady. Lee also picks up and packages various products including Tamanu. |
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Ericka Vincent & Mom Deb JenningsBoth of these ladies enjoy staying busy. They show up when we need extra hands to do assembly, labeling, filling projects. Thank you Ericka for your hard work and for introducing us to your Mom, too.
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Anna Hilb
New to the area, Anna uses Queen Bee as a way to fill some time and create an income for skin care products for herself and some lucky friends! We thank heaven for them moving to town.
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Robin Brobst, Worker Bee and Organizer
Girl works with a crew! When not making haute couture jewerly, she rallies her posse to package and label Raw Shea tubs! Her endless energy and positive influence make her a pleasure to be around. Robin lives in Pagosa with her fabulous husband (Bob), two cats, a bear and a lynx in the yard. She can be counted on to lend an artistic eye to our displays, too.
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Jeff Laydon, Photography
Owner of a Pagosa Photography, a studio in Pagosa Springs, Jeff is well known for his scenic imagery of the Rockies. He turns our products images into a gorgeous consistent libary of images to help our marketing efforts.
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Joyce Ryan, worker bee
Joyce is retired after 40 years of working in corporate america. She is new to Pagosa and we thank goodness she joined our team. She not only is a fan of Queen Bee products, but she has her daughters and friends all loving them up too. Joyce is fast and efficient and has helped recruit new worker bees too!
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Jan Johnson, worker bee
Jan like to use Queen Bee as her late night Zen practice. She finds it soothing and nice to do the labeling and assembly work as she winds down her day before bed. We love her and the partially OCD exacting way she does each task! She is a mom and even a glowing grandmom now, so we can see her filling time for years to come.
We love that her motto is I want to try every single thing you make!
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Collette Heminger, Shipping
Although she doesn't like using computers to get the job done, Collette began helping us ship out orders just a few months back. Already she has mastered our inventory and seems like an old pro at using our warehouse software. Thank goodness for the lovely Collette. (Oh yeah and her hubby is a rocking sachs guy.) |
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Devyn Doctor, Recycling & Ms Do It
Sweetest, smartest thing you would ever want to meet. Shrink wrapping, inventory, and any job you can think of! That is what she does at Queen Bee. Although she has only been with us a few months, we don't know how we got things done before she arrived at the hive. |
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Carol Anderson , worker bee
Carol is the newest worker bee to join us at the hive. She lives just around the corner and has been known to buzz back and forth and finish projects faster than the speed of sound. Buzz on by Carol. We love you. |
