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Is Bee Sweet Lemonade Still in Business? (2026 Update)
Is Bee Sweet Lemonade from Shark Tank still around in 2026? Its on-air agreement, what happened afterward, and current ordering options.
Mikaila Ulmer was eleven years old when she pitched flaxseed lemonade sweetened with local honey on Shark Tank, inspired by a family recipe and, memorably, two separate bee stings that led her to research the insects instead of fearing them. A decade-plus later, the company she built is not just alive, it rebranded into a national retail brand and turned its young founder into one of the most cited entrepreneurship stories to ever come out of the show.
It is rare for a Shark Tank company to grow from a kids' lemonade stand concept into national grocery shelf space without losing the mission that made the pitch memorable in the first place. This is one of the few where both things happened at once.
The Short Answer
Yes, the company is still in business and thriving, though you will not find it under the exact name Bee Sweet Lemonade anymore. It rebranded to Me and the Bees Lemonade, and the product is sold nationwide in major grocery chains rather than a single online storefront.
This is one of the clearer growth stories in the Shark Tank archive, not a scraped-by survival case.
The Shark Tank Pitch
Ulmer pitched in Season 6, Episode 23, in the food and drink category, from Austin, Texas. She asked for 60,000 dollars for 10 percent equity to grow her lemonade brand beyond farmers markets and local shops.
Her pitch leaned on the honeybee conservation angle as much as the product itself, tying every bottle sold to a broader mission of protecting pollinator populations.
The Deal That Got Done
Daymond John made the offer that closed: 60,000 dollars for 25 percent equity, more equity than Ulmer's original ask but still a deal her family accepted. John went on to help develop a Start Your Own Lemonade Stand kit built around Mikaila's own advice for young entrepreneurs.
The mentorship extended well past the typical Shark Tank check. John's fashion and consumer products background translated into real retail distribution muscle for a beverage brand trying to break out of the farmers market circuit.
Me and the Bees Lemonade net worth in 2026
As of October 2022, the company reported roughly 5 million dollars in annual revenue, according to Shark Tank tracking coverage, and Ulmer personally has been reported to have earned 10.2 million dollars cumulatively since the Shark Tank deal closed. Those figures come from tracking-site and press reporting rather than audited company disclosures, so treat them as sourced estimates rather than confirmed financials. No more recent updated figure beyond that has been independently verified for 2026.
From Farmers Market to National Shelf Space
The rebrand to Me and the Bees Lemonade came with real distribution wins: the product is now sold in all 50 states through HEB, Target, and Publix, along with roughly 1,500 additional retail locations nationwide including Whole Foods and Wegmans. That is a genuinely large retail footprint for a beverage brand that started as a school project turned family side hustle.
The company also landed an 11 million dollar distribution deal with Whole Foods and has directed 250,000 dollars toward bee conservation efforts, keeping the pollinator mission tied directly into the business rather than treating it as a marketing afterthought. Ulmer herself is now a student at Emory College while remaining active as CEO, splitting her time between coursework and running the company, and has become a recurring speaker on youth entrepreneurship.
Where Things Stand Now
Bee Sweet Lemonade pitched in Season 6 out of Austin and left with 60,000 dollars from Daymond John at 25 percent equity. Since then it rebranded to Me and the Bees Lemonade and grew into a national grocery brand.
Today the product sits on shelves at HEB, Target, Publix, Whole Foods, and Wegmans in all 50 states, reportedly pulling in around 5 million dollars a year in revenue as of the last publicly cited figure. If you remember the original Shark Tank pitch and wondered what happened to the lemonade stand kid, she is running a national brand now.
Beyond the retail numbers, the company has kept its founding story central to its identity rather than shedding it as the brand scaled, from the bee conservation donations to Ulmer's continued public speaking on youth entrepreneurship while she is enrolled in college. That combination of commercial scale and mission continuity is uncommon enough in this dataset to be worth calling out on its own.
Recorded pitch result
Recorded on-air deal
- $60,000 recorded amount
- 25% equity
- With Daymond John
These are the recorded on-air terms. The pitch fields do not confirm completed funding; a company update may report later closing, changed terms or a deal that fell through.
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