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August 2025 Newsletter

Laura and I are making rounds, now that hot temperatures are here – to add beetle traps to each colony. The high humidity this spring / early summer has made the hives a favorable place for small hive beetles (SHB) to lay their eggs. The larvae from the beetles consume proteins from pollen, as well […]

Rainfall and the Effects on Nectar

In North Texas – the 2024 spring season gave me a false hope of being a good honey production year. The first weeks in March provided the beginning of a decent nectar flow from the plants that were in bloom leading up to that week. Several hives proved to me that nectar was being brought […]

The State of the Bees – June 11 2024

11 June 2024.

An update on this year’s honeybees.

Rain Rain Rain!

We have had MUCH more rain this year than the last 10 year average. Of the locations that I manage hives – the rainfall has been between 55% and 80.0% higher than the last 10 years’ average rainfall.

The highest actual rainfall – […]