08/22/2026
Tonight we had the pleasure of sharing the premiere of The Rivals of Amziah King with our beekeeping friends, honey vendors, farmers, and customers who support Choctaw Bee Company (and eatmorehoneyshc) in so many different ways.
When we started keeping bees in 2018, we had no idea what the future would hold. Would it be a hobby? A side hustle? We certainly didn’t imagine that 12 hives would become 100… then 500… and then 1,000.
Tyler skipped the hobby part and side hustled nearly 1,000 hives while still working a full-time job. Then in April 2023, he left his job with USDA to do bees full time. It was a scary moment—because the truth is, beekeeping can be unforgiving, and some years you can lose as much as 50% of your hives. But we took the leap of faith anyway.
A month later—May 2023—we got a phone call about helping with a “bee movie” that was going to be filmed in Alabama, starring Matthew McConaughey. May and June flew by, and we were able to round up honey extraction equipment, props, and yes… even our bees—to help out in Birmingham as bee consultants.
Most of all, the bees you see in the movie were our very own! So if you’ve bought bees from us in the past couple of years… you just might have gotten stung by a movie star.
It was truly a blessing to see how everything worked out the way it did. There really is no timing like God’s timing, and we know He was in it from the start.
Now, nearly 3 years later, we’re grateful everyone can finally see a small part of what we’ve been building. Tonight we got to share it with some of the people who supported us from the beginning—back when we started with 12 hives and have grown to where we are today.
None of this would have been possible without our customers, mentors, staff, friends, and family. Thank you for believing in us. Many of you signed movie posters tonight that we’ll get to frame and look back on over the years ahead to remember where we started, where we’ve been, and who we’ve been able to share the ride with along the way.
We hope you’ll make it to a theater near you to watch The Rivals of Amziah King. It’s a great movie—even if you’re a critical beekeeper. Just remember: it’s a movie, not a documentary. We promise we told the director many times, “Hey man… beekeepers don’t do it like that.” Apparently, running with honey supers was nonnegotiable. And I could go on… but the director was always right. We think Director Andrew Patterson did an outstanding job.
We also want to thank amctheatres in Dothan for being so accommodating for us tonight. They’ll be releasing more Amziah King showings soon, and we’ll be sharing those with y’all!
You can search for showtimes in your area at the link below:
https://www.amziahking.film/home/
