(Born 1947) Interviewed April 2019.

Jean and her husband Dave have kept bees for 30 years, 25 of them in the Maldon area. She has been secretary of the Essex Bee Keeping Association, has taught bee keeping for 19 years and, together with her husband, looks after 40 bee colonies on local farms. She talks about her experience of bee keeping, honey extracting and dealing with stings! She also recalls some of the important historical influences on bee keeping in Essex.