Beekeeper · Tampa Bay
A film series about the real Florida
Episode 01
— the Gulf Coast
We spend a day with the people behind the places, a beekeeper and his daughter, a shoreline crew, a chef on Central Avenue, and tell their craft on film. This is the first one, in production now.
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Episode 01
Episode 01 — The Gulf Coast · A film series in production
First look
Episode 01 — The First Film
The Beekeeper of Tampa Bay
A father, a daughter, and forty hives on the edge of Tampa Bay. Josh and Hava Harris, cut from a single day on the Gulf.
Meet the makers →The Makers
Shoreline crew · The Gulf
The Ocean Aid Crew
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Chef · Mei, St. Petersburg
Alex Chamberlain
Florida moves fast. We’re here for the people who make it.
Every story starts with a person and their craft, the growers, cooks, builders, and keepers who don’t make the postcards. We spend a real day with them and tell it straight, on film. No ads, no listicles. Just the maker, the work, and the place.
Inside the First Story
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Hives, honey, and one daughter learning the trade — inside a slow family business on the Gulf.
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Hava works her first frames under her father’s eye. Wimauma bee yard, June.
Josh works his frames slowly and without gloves. The wildflower flow peaks in June, before the first summer storms move in off the Gulf.
A father, a daughter, and forty hives on the edge of Tampa Bay.
Josh Harris didn’t plan on becoming a beekeeper. The first hive was a favor for a neighbor; the second was curiosity. Fifteen years later, the yard in Wimauma holds forty colonies, and the work has settled into a rhythm the family keeps together — inspections at dawn, harvest in June, repairs through the wet months.
His daughter Hava started riding along at seven, holding the smoker. Now she runs frames on her own. Nothing about it is fast, and that’s the point: the bees set the pace, and the family follows.
Left: The morning inspection, frames up slow and heavy. Above: Wildflower honey, bottled for the Saturday market and for friends.
Know a maker worth a story?
We’re producing the first episodes now. If you’re a maker, chef, grower, or builder doing something worth filming, start here and let’s talk about featuring you.
A day with you◆Your craft on film◆The film is yours
Produced by Bowie Productions