54 www.CharlestonWomenPodcast.com | www.ReadCW.com | www.Instagram.com /CharlestonWomen R AND R ACRES’ REBECCA AND TRINITY BILLS As a working mom who was struggling with childcare issues, Rebecca Bills realized that she had to take her family’s future into her own hands by finding a way to work from home. That’s when she decided to turn her beekeeping hobby into a full-time business alongside homeschooling her children. Bills’ then 9-year-old daughter Trinity was growing up on the family farm among the dozens of goats, emus, alpacas, hogs, chickens, turkeys, lizards and hundreds of beehives. That’s when she took an interest in learning how to run the business with her mom. To fully enhance her immersion, Trinity Bills took a college-level beekeeper exam and passed it on the first try, winning junior beekeeper of the year at the state level. Now at 15, not only does Trinity Bills help with keeping the bees and feeding the animals, but she also creates artisan honeys and scented candles and soaps, setting up at pop-up shops and farmer’s markets around the Charleston area. She also helps with bookkeeping and social media marketing, as well as giving talks to educate other Charleston Beekeepers. She even delivered a presentation at the College of Charleston. The Bills women are also now growing fields full of blackberries and blueberries and are USDA accredited for the chickens, eggs and turkeys they raise. Moreover, they are teaching the community about how to connect with our food supply from a microgreen aspect. To learn more about how you can experience their products or book a custom class, visit RandRAcres.com. JANAY HOUSE, SHAKEEKA PATTON, ALEXIA MANIGAULT AND APRIL CONYERS OF NICHT BOUTIQUE After years of spending family time together at sleepovers, birthday parties and on holidays, three cousins native to Mount Pleasant decided to combine their skillsets and fashion senses to open Nicht Boutique. JaNay House, a fashion-conscious U.S. Navy veteran whose keen eye helped spark the idea of a family-owned boutique, collaborated with Shakeeka Patton, April Conyers, and Alexia Manigault to bring the idea to life. The collaborating cousins, adding over 10 years of managerial experience and 15 Charleston Women in Business Trinity and Rebecca Bills.
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