# Meet the fundraiser: Jean Bishop, The Bee Lady - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/10/meet-the-fundraiser-jean-bishop-the-bee-lady/ - Published: 2015-12-10T15:28:03+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Jean Bishop from Hull is 93 and dresses up as a bee to raise funds for Age UK. She has raised more than £100,000.** Age UK celebrated her work last year as part of the charity’s [Love Later Life](http://www.ageuk.org.uk/lovelaterlife) campaign.  She was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in Hull in June 2012: ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) In October this year she was [celebrated on Russell Howard’s Good News](http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/magical-lady-Russell-Howard-s-Good-News/story-28040772-detail/story.html) show on BBC2, in the ‘It’s Not All Doom and Gloom’ section. Howard described her as a “magical lady”, adding: > “How incredible is she. People like that make the world go round.” --- _Editor’s update 8 October 2021_ Jean Bishop has died aged 99. > It is with great sadness today that we share the news that our very own Jean ' > Busy Bee' Bishop has passed away peacefully aged 99 🐝 > Jean was one in a million, > an absolute diamond and a great ambassador for the city as well as our most valuable > asset. [pic.twitter.com/Du88tdCxnS](https://t.co/Du88tdCxnS) > — Age UK Hull (@AgeUKHull) [October 8, 2021](https://twitter.com/AgeUKHull/status/1446354162653044739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) * **[I Wish I’d Thought of That returns for 2018 [featuring The Bee Lady]](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/07/i-want-to-talk-at-that-returns-for-2018/)( 7 November 2017)** * **[Meet the fundraiser: Chris Mitchell](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/17/meet-the-fundraiser-chris-mitchell/)( 17 May 2022)** * **[Meet the fundraiser: Francesca, Oxfam street fundraiser](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/03/meet-the-fundraiser-francesca-oxfam-street-fundraiser/)( 3 February 2016) * **[Meet the fundraiser: Susanna Spicer](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/05/meet-fundraiser-susanna-spicer/)( 5 February 2017) * **[Meet the fundraiser: Kitty Gardner at Womans Trust](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/13/meet-fundraiser-kitty-gardner-womans-trust/)( 13 September 2017) **