2 hours ago · Vancouver
A new start after 60: I was burnt out and facing redundancy. So I set up a bee farm – and learned the joys of a simple life

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Vancouver. The first report grouped here was at 9 Nov 2026, 06:30 UTC. The headline in use is “A new start after 60: I was burnt out and facing redundancy. So I set up a bee farm – and learned the joys of a simple life”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Jeff Lee had spent decades as an investigative journalist. But when he upped sticks with his wife to buy a farm in rural British Columbia, he didn’t just change jobs – he found a different way to live Jeff Lee became interested in beekeeping in his late 50s after his…
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