Start with a heavyweight tee or a warm everyday hoodie. Choose a bee from the gallery, or contact Used2Bees for a one-of-a-kind custom order.
Heavyweight Tee
$29.99
Official black logo at the left chest on white tees, with an approved bee on the back. Contact Used2Bees when you want a custom bee made for your story.
A lighter long sleeve tee with the approved mark on the front, Arron’s full Assistant Chief bee centered on the back, and the brand mark running down the right sleeve.
Every custom option for every branch and first-responder bee, all in one place. Choose your branch, mascot version, uniform, insignia and personal details — your selections become the order request you send to Used2Bees, and Arron finishes each custom bee as one integrated piece of artwork.
Your request
BranchFire Department
VersionMale
UniformTurnout gear
HairDark brown
MustacheClean-shaven
InsigniaDepartment shield
Call signNot applicable
When the request looks right, send it in. Arron builds your bee as one finished piece of artwork with your branch, uniform, insignia and personal details worked in — nothing is layered or pasted on.
Your email opens with every selection above already filled in.
I spent my early years in structural firefighting on truck companies. I became a State Fire Training instructor — Fire Control 3 and ventilation — and taught all over the western United States.
I promoted to Fire Captain and ran inmate hand crews for four years. Then Training Captain, then Training Battalion Chief. After a couple of years, I transferred to a field battalion. I also qualified as a helitack captain. Finally, I promoted to Assistant Chief (Division Chief) and served as the Administrative Officer.
Then a back injury forced me into medical retirement. On medical leave, I lost my purpose and my identity. I was distant and depressed, living with complex PTSD.
In my healing, I realized something: a fireman was just what I used to be. It’s not who I am now. I’m proud of my service — but I needed a new purpose. That’s where was born.
The Hive — is more than a brand. It’s a hive — a community of like-minded folks who’ve struggled to find a new purpose after the uniform comes off. A place to talk about your time in — what you’d tell yourself back then, and how to prepare — at the start, in the middle, and at the end — whether it was a four-year stint or a full career.
And it’s for the Wanna Bees, too — the future of our craft. The ones coming up behind us. What can we teach them? How do we help them find their purpose, before and after?
Once you hang up your gear, the brotherhood stays with you for life. Welcome to the hive.
The HIVEI’m building a community for finding purpose after service.
The conversationI want us to share what we learned before, during and after the work.
The Future BeesI believe our hard-won lessons should help the next generation.
logo at the left chest on white tees, with an approved bee on the back. Contact Used2Bees when you want a custom bee made for your story.
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was born.