Burt Shavitz and Roxanne Quimby created Burts Bees in the early 1980s. Burt had been storing away the surplus beeswax from his honey business, and he and Roxanne used this to produce candles and lip balm. Roxanne used to say that since we take from nature, we must respect and preserve it. Today, Burt's Bees follows in her and Burt's footsteps by using the best ingredients from nature, and in turn respecting nature so we can all live well.