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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 […]

June 12th, 2024 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Bee Yard Projects, Beekeeping, Bohemian Life, Bohemian Utopia, Garden, Gardening, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Homesteading, Nature, Sustainability, Swarms, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment

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 – […]

June 1st, 2024 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Beekeeping, Bohemian Utopia, Garden, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Nature, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment

Bees for 2021 Season

Hello,

I wanted to send out a message to remind anyone on the fence about needing bees for the 2021 season – that Harmony Hollow ( Rex Smith ) is currently adding to the list for NUCs to be produced this spring. If you think you’ll be needing more colonies – don’t hesitate to contact […]

February 12th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Bee Yard Projects, Beekeeping, Bohemian Life, Bohemian Utopia, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Homesteading, Life, Nature, Sustainability, Texas Master Beekeeper | Leave a comment