Burt Shavitz (b. c. 1935) is a beekeeper and photographer from Maine. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A beekeeper is a person who keeps Honey bees for the purposes of securing commodities such as Honey, Beeswax, Pollen; pollinating A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean In 1984 he founded Burt's Bees with graphic artist Roxanne Quimby. Burt's Bees is an American Personal care products company that describes itself as an " Earth friendly, Natural Personal Care Company She used his beeswax to make personal care products. She also created the famous image of Burt that still graces many of the company's products.
Ms. Quimby bought out Burt's share of the company in 1993 and subsequently sold the company in 2004.