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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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] |
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