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Problem:Our Sweet Story 
  
 Let our founder, Mikaila, explain the origin of BeeSweet Lemonade: 
  
 When I was just four, my family encouraged me to make a product for a Children's business competition (the Acton Children’s Business Fair) and Austin Lemonade Day. So I put on my thinking cap. I thought about some ideas. While I was thinking, two big events happened. 
  
 I got stung by a bee. Twice. 
  
 Then my Great Granny Helen, who lives in Cameron, South Carolina, sent my family a 1940's cookbook, which included her special recipe for Flaxseed Lemonade. 
  
 I didn't enjoy the bee stings at all. They scared me. But then something strange happened. I became fascinated with bees. I learned all about what they do for me and our ecosystem. So then I thought, what if I make something that helps honeybees and uses my Great Granny Helen's recipe? 
  
 That's how BeeSweet Lemonade was born. It comes from my Great Granny Helen's flaxseed recipe and my new love for bees. So that's why we sweeten it with local honey. And today my little idea continues to grow. 
  
 It was a sweet success from the start. Year-after-year, Mikaila, sells-out of her BeeSweet Lemonade at youth entrepreneurial events while donating a percentage of the profits from the sale of her lemonade to local and international organizations fighting hard to save the honeybees. That is why she touts: Buy a Bottle…Save a Bee. 
  
 Now at age 11, when not at her lemonade stand telling all the digestive benefits of flaxseed, you can find Mikaila leading workshops on how to save the honeybees, and participating in social entrepreneurship panels. Mikaila launched her own Facebook page, where visitors can ‘Like’ interesting facts about bees, honey and BeeSweet Lemonade. 
  
 Today, the award-winning BeeSweet Lemonade is buzzing off the shelves of Whole Foods Market, the world’s leader in natural and organic foods, and available at a growing number of restaurants, food trailers and natural food delivery companies. 
  
 Mikaila Ulmer: A social entrepreneur, bee ambassador, educator and student. ||||| Addressing a panel of potential investors on ABC's "Shark Tank" last year, Mikaila pitched BeeSweet, a lemonade with her great-grandmother's secret recipe and a mission to help save a dwindling bee population. 
  
 The pitch convinced Fubu CEO Daymond John to invest $60,000—and the buzz only grew louder from there. 
  
  
  
 BeeSweet later scored a contract with Whole Foods, which initially agreed to sell the product in regional stores. The news got even better earlier this month at the South by Southwest Festival: While being honored alongside other black innovators, the sixth-grader announced an expanded distribution deal through United Natural Foods, according to NBC BLK. 
  
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  ||||| Not many kids turn their lemonade stands into successful ventures, but 11-year-old Mikaila Ulmer has raised the bar by securing a four-state contract with Whole Foods. 
  
 The Austin, Texas sixth-grader built her lemonade business, BeeSweet Lemonade (soon-to-be “Me & The Bees”), with a 1940s lemonade recipe from her grandmother that uses flaxseed and local honey as sweetener. Ulmer received a $60,000 investment when she appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank with her business. 
  
 Whole Foods also saw the promise in her lemonade, which supports local bees by using honey. The supermarket chain signed a deal with Ulmer to sell the lemonade in 55 stores across Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. While the lemonade brand highlights the role of bees, Ulmer said she wasn’t always a fan 
  
 “When I was four years old, I got stung by two bees in one week,” she told NBC. “It was painful. I was terrified of bees.” But that fear ended up inspiring her to learn more about the insects, and she decided to make her lemonade with local honey. 
  
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 Write to Julia Zorthian at julia.zorthian@timeinc.com. ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| An 11-year old Texas girl has signed a deal with Whole Foods to sell her lemonade — developed from her great-grandmother’s 1940 recipe — in four southern states. 
  
 After appearing on the hit ABC business investor show Shark Tank, Austin, Texas sixth grader Mikaila Ulmer gained $60,000 for her BeeSweet Lemonade company, which is saving honeybees and quenching thirsts in her home town. 
  
 The deal will place her home-style lemonade, “Me & The Bees,” on the shelves of more than 55 Whole Foods stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. 
  
 “I work on the business after school, after I do my homework, and on weekends and during spring breaks,” Mikaila said in an interview with NBCBLK. “There are not too many times when I feel stressed.” 
  
 When she was four years old, the young entrepreneur had a bad encounter with honey bees. 
  
 She revealed in her interview with NBCBLK that two bees stung her in the same week. This encounter inspired her to use honey instead of sugar as the main ingredient in her lemonade. 
  
 “I didn’t enjoy the bee stings at all. They scared me. But then something strange happened. I became fascinated with bees. I learned all about what they do for me and our ecosystem. So then I thought, what if I make something that helps honeybees and uses my Great Granny Helen’s recipe? That’s how BeeSweet Lemonade was born. It comes from my Great Granny Helen’s flaxseed recipe and my new love for bees. So that’s why we sweeten it with local honey. And today my little idea continues to grow. “ 
  
 Ulmer knowingly made this move to save the dwindling bumble bee population, because bees are essential in food and plant pollination. 
  
 According to a 2013 report by Yale, the world’s bee population is quickly disappearing due to rampant global warming and climate change. For instance, in 2013, many U.S. beekeepers experienced losses up to 40 to 50 percent, and in some cases more. This record-setting event happened just as commercial bee operations were ramping up and preparing to transport their hives for the country’s largest pollinator event: the fertilizing of California’s almond trees. Bees pollinate 
  
 almost one-third of American foods. 
  
 In a 2016 assessment from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, bees and butterfly populations are decreasing primarily because of the increased use of pesticides. In fact, more than 80 scientists conclude that pesticides — among the many man-made problems such as global warming — are causing the mass pollinator to die-off. 
  
 Ulmer’s product will help solve this growing problem. She has donated small portions of her profits to various organizations that will help bring back the bees and stop the extreme rate of die-offs. 
  
 The dollar amount of the young entrepreneur’s deal with Whole Foods has not been disclosed, but if sales are high, “Me & The Bees” lemonade will hit more stores nationwide. 
  
 In the meantime, the young chef will be featured at today’s 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll. ||||| / Updated By Michael Cottman 
  
 Mikaila Ulmer is only 11 years old but she's all about the business of bees. 
  
 She's a social entrepreneur, public speaker, philanthropist and a savvy 6th-grader from Austin, Texas whose signature venture, "Me & The Bees" lemonade — developed from her great-grandmother's 1940 recipe — is now a thriving national business. 
  
 After securing $60,000 on the hit TV show "Shark Tank," last year, Mikaila's lemonade will now be sold in 55 Whole Food stores — the world’s leader in natural and organic foods — in states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida. 
  
 While accepting her honors as one of the Movement50 (MVMT50) Top 10 Innovators of the Year at the South by Southwest festival, Mikaila also announced expanded distribution through UNFI (United Natural Foods), a leading national distributor of natural foods and beverages. 
  
 Mikaila Ulmer with her father on the TV show, "Shark Tank," where she secured $60,000 for her business. Michael Desmond / Michael Desmond 
  
 Mikaila, who started her lemonade business in 2009, said the operation takes organization, commitment and energy. 
  
 "I work on the business after school, after I do my homework, and on weekends and during spring breaks," Mikaila said in an interview with NBCBLK. "There are not too many times when I feel stressed." 
  
 But Mikaila didn't always like bees. 
  
 "When I was four years old, I got stung by two bees in one week," she said. "It was painful. I was terrified of bees." 
  
 Mikaila said her mother, D'Andra, turned the scary experience into an insect research assignment where Mikaila learned that bees could possibly become extinct in the years to come. 
  
 "And then it clicked!" she said. 
  
 Mikaila decided to create a lemonade business and sweeten her lemonade with honey instead of sugar or artificial sweetener, which would be healthier, save the bees, and support beekeepers. 
  
 After getting stung by bees when she was four, Mikaila Ulmer's fear of bees shifted to a fascination. Ulmer became an activist after she learned how crucial honeybees are to sustaining life. Courtesy of BeeSweet / Me & the Bees / Courtesy of BeeSweet / Me & the Bees 
  
 For Mikaila, her enterprise is an environmental and social mission. She donates a portion of the profits from the sale of her lemonade to local and international organizations that are trying to save the honeybees. 
  
 Honey bees pollinate more than $15 billion of crops each year, about one-third of American food groups, including cherries and apples. 
  
 "Last year, beekeepers lost 40 percent of all their hives," Mikaila said. "Bees are dying.” She quoted Albert Einstein who said: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left." 
  
 Today, Mikaila leads workshops on how to save the honeybees, and she participates in social entrepreneurship panels. 
  
 "I think she is a pretty hard worker," D'Andra Ulmer, Mikaila's mother, told NBCBLK. "I'm impressed with how she gets her homework done during her travels. She has a gift for public speaking but what makes me very proud is that she is not only a smart entrepreneur but she's a good person and she's kind to people. That's more important than business." 
  
 Founder of BeeSweet Lemonade Mikaila Ulmer tests out a sample of her product. Courtesy of BeeSweet / Me & the Bees / Courtesy of BeeSweet / Me & the Bees 
  
 Mikaila said when she first started her lemonade operation, her friends were skeptical. 
  
 "At first, they didn't believe me," she said. "Now I am helping my friends start their own businesses." 
  
 But Mikaila is busy for a school-age girl. 
  
 She appeared on the television show "Shark Tank" where she was poised during her presentation. 
  
 "I was nervous and excited," she said. "Not everyone gets an opportunity to pitch their products in front of millions of people and make a deal so I was excited and grateful." 
  
 FUBU CEO Daymond John, an investor on "Shark Tank," said he was pleased to join Mikaila's team. 
  
 "Partnering with Mikaila made perfect sense," John said in a statement. "She's a great kid with a head for business and branding," 
  
 Mikaila also attended the White House Kids' State Dinner last year where she met President Barack Obama. 
  
 "The President said 'sorry to crash the party!' It was very cool," Mikaila said. 
  
 11-year-old Mikaila Ulmer poses in front of the White House. Ulmer met President Barack Obama in 2015 when she attended the White House Kids' State Dinner. Courtesy of BeeSweet / Me & the Bees / Courtesy of BeeSweet / Me & the Bees 
  
 She will return to the White House in April for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. 
  
 And in June, Mikaila will travel to Cape Town, South Africa to speak to young girls about entrepreneurship. 
  
 "I'm very excited," she said. 
  
 In the meantime, Mikaila said she is moving forward with creating new lemonade flavors as her business continues to expand. 
  
 "I want to help save the bees," she said, "and use my great-grandmother Helen's lemonade recipe." 
  
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Solution:
A sixth-grader in Austin, Texas, has turned a lemonade stand into a booming business now that she has expanded her reach to multiple states through a deal with Whole Foods, reports Time. Mikaila Ulmer's secret recipe for BeeSweet Lemonade comes from her great-grandmother, and contains flax seed and honey as the sweetener. Things really got going last year when she was just 9 and took the locally popular lemonade to ABC's Shark Tank and earned a $60,000 investment. The Whole Foods deal gets her lemonade on the shelves at 55 Whole Foods in states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida, reports NBC News. Mikaila's lemonade isn't just tasty. After being stung by bees twice in a week at the age of 4, she "was terrified" of the insect but soon developed a fascination of them, and has decided to use local honey in her lemonade—and direct some of the proceeds to help the dwindling bee population. Her success even earned her a spot at at the White House Kids' State Dinner last summer, reports CNBC, and she announced earlier this month, while being honored with other black innovators at the South by Southwest Festival, that she's expanded distribution even further thanks to a deal with United Natural Foods, reports Atlanta Blackstar. She says she works on her business after she finishes her homework and on weekends and holidays. (See why the government forced this girl to shut down her stand.)