Abigail Keam

Born and bred in Kentucky, Ms. Keam graduated with Distinction from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Middle Eastern Civilization.  She then went into business and kept bees as a hobby.

            Retiring in 1999 after a life-threatening asthma attack, Abigail became a full-time beekeeper, launching Abigail’s which makes honey/beeswax-based natural products.

            Abigail has won sixteen honey awards at the Kentucky State Fair and is also the first recipient of the Barbara Horn Award, given to those who score a perfect 100 for State Fair Beekeeping entries. 

            In 2004 Abigail joined a group of fellow beekeepers in a tour of South Africa to study African bees and beekeeping.

            Abigail is a member of the Lexington Farmers Market, Bluegrass Beekeepers Association, the Kentucky State Beekeepers Association and the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.  She has been a previous member of Women in Agriculture Board, and past president of the Lexington Art League and the Lexington Rape Crisis Center.  She is currently president of Friends of the Lexington Farmers’ Market.

            She lives in Fayette County on the Kentucky River in a metal house with her husband and various critters.  Death By A HoneyBee is her first mystery novel.

Miss Abigail is available for workshops, presentations, talks and lectures on beekeeping or the craft of writing.