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Mexican Buckeye trees are great native Texas (and Southwest portions of North America) pollinator-supporting trees. These trees are early-blooming, with a soft pink bloom and is a nectar and pollen source for the bees, butterflies, moths, and more.
While they are not in the true buckeye family – their seed pods look similar. The Mexican […]
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March 2026 Newsletter – Laura Winters
This March, Spring started early!!!
With warmer temperatures upon us, the honeybees are gearing up for reproduction. We are noticing our queen bees laying many more eggs, which means her worker bees are bringing in a significant amount of pollen. The pollen is deposited within the cells of the […]
Here’s a list of the beekeeping related podcasts I enjoy listening to. My current podcast player of choice on my Android phone – is called PodBean. You can find these podcasts on multiple outlets, though. iTunes, PodBean, CastPlayer, Spotify, etc…
Kevin Inglin of Beekeeper’s Corner – is probably the longest-running podcast I have listened […]
The Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) is a Texas-native, deciduous ornamental shrub or small tree (8–12 ft, up to 30 ft) with distinctive 3-lobed,, reddish-brown seed capsules containing poisonous, black, shiny seeds. It features fragrant spring whiteish-pink flowers, yellow fall color, and high drought tolerance, thriving in limestone soils, full sun, or partial shade.
It blooms […]
This week, in my personal back yard – I have experienced a fairly fast die-off of 5 colonies. These bees were here simply for the purposes of building them up to be strong, so they could be placed onto agriculture contracts.
Usually, I’ll give a build-up and background before I tell the meat of what’s […]
Probably one of the widest talked-about topics in beekeeping is that of Varroa mites.
It is now the end of August of 2025, and it seems that we as an industry are both (a) nowhere close to where we WANT to be in regards to varroa and their destruction of colonies of bees – and […]
Laura and I have made 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 […]
This year I *really* noticed the Western Soapberry trees in the North Texas (North of Dallas / Ft Worth MetroMess) area during their bloom, and the pollinators all over the trees while in bloom. I suspect this was a 2nd bloom for the year. My time really noticing them was from the end of May […]
If you’re available to attend the Central Texas Bee School on March 1, 2025, it’s a great place and opportunity to learn more about bees and their management.
Rex Smith will be teaching (2) sessions – on performing hive inspections at the bee school.
Sign up ASAP to reserve your space.
https://centraltexasbeekeepers.org/bee-school/
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