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September 2025 Newsletter

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 […]

September 15th, 2025 | Tags: , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Beekeeping, Birds and the Bees, Bohemian Utopia, Community, | Leave a comment

August 2025 Newsletter

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 […]

July 28th, 2025 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Ag Valuation, Bee Yard, Beekeeping, Birds and the Bees, Bohemian Utopia, Harmony Hollow Apiaries, Nature, Pollinators | Leave a comment

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