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Urgent: Nationwide Bee Losses in Winter of 2024-2025

2-7-2025 10pm

If you have not heard – over the last month – as many beekeepers prepare to send bees to California for Almond pollination – it’s being found that the normal approximate annual attrition rate of honeybee colonies of 40% – is this year – being seen in the range of 50%-80% and in […]

February 7th, 2025 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Bee Yard Projects, Beekeeping, Bohemian Life, Bohemian Utopia, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Legislation, Life, Nature, Projects, Sustainability, Swarms, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment

Beekeeping Changes in 2023

This year, legislation was passed that was an overhaul of Texas Agriculture Code for beekeeping. This is Chapter 131 of the Texas Agriculture Code.

The following letter was sent from the Texas Apiary Inspection Service in regards to some of the changes that take effect on Sept 1.

Changes coming September 1st, 2023 to the […]

August 8th, 2023 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Beekeeping, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment

Strange Archetecture

This porch had a gap between the door, and the outer porch space/roof line. It made for a strange balancing act while performing this removal.

Once I figured out my footing – it wasn’t bad at all. The bees were accessed and removed – and the homeowner opted to perform his own repairs afterwards.

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September 19th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Beekeeping, Construction, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Rescue, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment