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Our Story · Since 2016

A social enterprise in the mountains of Northern Thailand.

Partners we work with & donate to: Social Enterprise Thailand · Adopt Meow · WVS Care for Dogs · Friends of the Asian Elephant · I'm Plastic Free · CanAssist Foundation · Boomerang Bags · Clean Ocean Project · Fight Hunger Foundation, and many more.

It started in a kitchen.

Australian-born Antoinette Jackson founded SuperBee in 2016. Living in Northern Thailand and troubled by the scourge of single-use plastic, she set about creating the beeswax solution for her wraps at home — many failed attempts, then the perfect recipe. The rest is history.

Today SuperBee is a thriving social enterprise in the mountains near Chiang Mai, run by a dedicated team of local staff.

Antoinette's Golden Rules

Employees & community first. Prioritise People, Planet and Profit equally. If it seems like a good idea — let's give it a go!

Antoinette Jackson, Founder of SuperBee Wax Wraps

What we are about.

  1. Antoinette and a team member laughing together at the waxing table, one with an arm around the other

    Empowerment

    Women's empowerment and rural employment — paying the living wage suggested by the Fair Trade Association.

  2. A team member in a flower crown laughing with a colleague at a table on the workshop's veranda

    Ethical

    A loving, ethical and safe work environment — and the tools for our team to live a greener lifestyle themselves.

  3. A green seedling pushing up through a crack in dry ground

    Like-Minded

    We partner with people who care about the future of our children and this planet, and do business by their own hearts.

  4. Hands of every age stacked together, in black and white

    Family

    Family-friendly hours and conditions that especially support families and single parents. A family-run business living its values.

  5. Hands holding up a freshly made indigo and cream beeswax wrap against a hedge

    Quality

    When the package says handmade with love, we really mean it — high standards in process, equipment and practice.

  6. Schoolchildren in yellow shirts holding up beeswax wraps at the workshop

    Sharing

    We share our profits and products with projects around the world that promote love and kindness to our planet and its people.

  7. The Ubuntu circle-of-friends mark on a blue splash

    Open Source

    Our office runs on open-source software — Linux Ubuntu on every computer. Ubuntu means the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.

  8. A patchwork tote bag sewn from wrap offcuts, carried through the street

    Zero Waste

    Offcuts become smaller wraps, scraps become new products, and packaging is plastic-free. Nothing that leaves the workshop is made to be thrown away.

The whole hive at a glance

Meet the team.

Mostly women from local villages — many with us since the early days. Some have undergone leadership training and now work in management roles.

The valley around the SuperBee workshop
The SuperBee team, heads together

Planet & People First

The whole SuperBee team at the workshop
Add, Cutting & Sewing, at the SuperBee workshop
AddCutting & Sewing
Anny, Boss, at the SuperBee workshop
AnnyBoss
Aom, Sewing & Waxing, at the SuperBee workshop
AomSewing & Waxing
Apple, Accounting, at the SuperBee workshop
AppleAccounting
Eed, Accounting, at the SuperBee workshop
EedAccounting
Jane, Beeswax & Waxing, at the SuperBee workshop
JaneBeeswax & Waxing
Joy, Waxing & Sewing, at the SuperBee workshop
JoyWaxing & Sewing
Kookai, Sales, at the SuperBee workshop
KookaiSales
Lutz, IT stuff, at the SuperBee workshop
LutzIT stuff
May, Quality control, at the SuperBee workshop
MayQuality control
Nan, Cutting & Sewing, at the SuperBee workshop
NanCutting & Sewing
Nan, Wholesale, at the SuperBee workshop
NanWholesale
Nat, Logistics, at the SuperBee workshop
NatLogistics
Noah, Social media, at the SuperBee workshop
NoahSocial media
Nut, Cutting & Waxing, at the SuperBee workshop
NutCutting & Waxing
Oil, Packing, at the SuperBee workshop
OilPacking
Pai, Packing, at the SuperBee workshop
PaiPacking
Por, Packing, at the SuperBee workshop
PorPacking
Porn, Cutting & Sewing, at the SuperBee workshop
PornCutting & Sewing
Tui, Packing, at the SuperBee workshop
TuiPacking
Yim, Quality control, at the SuperBee workshop
YimQuality control
SuperBee Shop & Showroom

Our shop and showroom in Mae Ha, on the Samoeng Loop.

Along the Samoeng Loop in Mae Ha — Ban Pong, Hang Dong, south-west of Chiang Mai — is our own shop and showroom. Every SuperBee product is out on the table to touch, fold and smell before you buy, there is tea while you browse and fresh mountain water to refill your bottle, and the gifts leave wrapped plastic-free. Shop · Tea · Fresh mountain water · Gifts.

Find the shop on Google Maps

The SuperBee shop and showroom in Mae Ha seen from the road, the sign tower and the hills behind
Inside the showroom: the display tables, the wrap stand and the rattan rug
SuperBee wraps, bags and tabs laid out on the showroom table
The wooden SuperBee display stand with pink gerberas in a wrapped bottle
A visitor browsing the wraps on the showroom table
A visitor at the gift counter by the showroom window
The SuperBee sign at the roadside in Mae Ha, Hang Dong
SuperBee HQ & Workshop

Our workshop, along the same road.

This is where everything is made: a cluster of wooden and stone buildings around a courtyard a little further along the Samoeng Loop, in the hills of Hang Dong. The cotton is cut, waxed and sewn here, orders are packed here, and the factory tours and workshops happen here too. If you are in Chiang Mai, you are welcome to visit.

Find us on Google Maps

The gate and sign at the entrance to SuperBee HQ in Ban Pong, Hang Dong
The SuperBee workshop's main building, the bee logo on its wall, the courtyard and the hills of Hang Dong behind
The workshop entrance under its wooden porch, a yucca beside the steps
The stone-walled house at SuperBee HQ with its teak-framed windows
The courtyard between the workshop buildings, looking out to the mountains
The spirit house in the garden at SuperBee HQ, with a cat asleep inside
Banana trees and shrubs in the garden at SuperBee HQ, under a cloudy sky
A tall yucca in front of the workshop porch at SuperBee HQ
The driveway at SuperBee HQ, the cypress and the stone house behind

Support our social enterprise.

Every order pays fair wages and keeps plastic off the shelf.

Shop now

Certified B Corporation

81.7Overall B Impact Score

B Lab verifies a company's whole impact — governance, workers, community, environment and customers. 80 points qualifies for certification; the median score for an ordinary business is 50.9.

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