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Newsletter October 2026 October 2026 Newsletter – Rex Smith & Laura Winters In the field Plant Talk Upcoming Events Referrals Happy Fall Y’all! by Laura Winters The much-needed rain we received a couple of weeks ago jump-started our fall nectar flow! With goldenrod in full bloom, our forager bees are starting their workdays […] 
Coming this October 24 2026 – the DFW-ABC – Dallas Ft Worth Area Beekeeping Conference – held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Ft Worth, Texas. ( 2300 Circle Drive | Fort Worth, TX 76119 – Near I20 and I35W ) A full lineup of subjects and topics being covered. Laura will be giving […] 
Newsletter September 2026 September 2026 Newsletter – Rex Smith & Laura Winters In the Field Plant Talk Upcoming Events Happy September! by Laura Winters Though it still feels excruciatingly hot outside—as if nothing at all has changed—what we are noticing inside the colonies tells a completely different story. Pollen Prep: We are seeing […] 
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 […] 
Upcoming Events Sept 26 – Bryan-College Station – Brazos Valley Bee School Oct 24 – Ft Worth – DFW ABC ( Area Beekeeper Conference) Questions? Please email us at HarmonyHollowBees@gmail.com or visit our website or social media accounts. Or call at 469-251-2BEE (2233) https://www.BohemianUtopia.com Harmony Hollow Apiary PO Box 852912 – Richardson, TX 75085 […] 
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 […] |
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