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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 […]
Introduction to Beekeeping- Dallas Beekeeping Classes
Next Class Date: 14 November 2026 – Introduction to Beekeeping
Nov 14 Register
Rex has been working with bees for 16+ years, and Laura for 6+ years. There is a value in having community with whom to share experiences and have an introduction to new experiences, ideas, and troubleshooting. […]
by Laura Winters – June 2026
Spring is wrapping up and we have been just as busy as the bees!!!!
While managing honeybee colonies on our locations for agricultural valuation for property owners, we are also mentoring and teaching classes at Owenwood Farm and Neighbor Space – with big thanks to Grow […]
Texas weather is finicky. Some years we have a good nectar flow… and some years – we don’t. By early-May we have a good idea of how the year is going to look.
Laura and I have noticed MANY locations this year that the hives are dry as a bone inside – with […]
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 […]
January 2026 – Newsletter (Laura Winters – Birds and the Bees Apiary)
Over the past month and a half, my business partner Rex and I have been busy preparing for the upcoming season.
We’ve assembled new hive equipment, including medium supers and deep boxes, then applied a coat of primer and paint to protect and […]
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 […]
September 2025 – Newsletter: (Laura Winters – Birds and the Bees Apiary)
Rex and I are still making 1st and 2nd rounds of Apiguard to our north-western clients (Denton county and western Collin County). While making our rounds to the colonies that have already been treated, we are removing shims and noticing increased laying pattern […]
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 […]
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