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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by FatherMichael on April 22, 2024, 08:21:14 pm »Installed a nuc this morning from The Bee Place near San Antonio.
The proprietor there, Gary Rankin, told me that he was up to 1000 Italian queen imports to "cool down" the Africanized bee invasion that has been so hard on Texas beekeepers.
His business has exploded because Texas allows agricultural exemptions for keeping bees on personal property. The Hill Country and South Texas are retirement destinations. Localities make up for no income tax with property taxes, which are high on the "ranches" that lucrative people buy there. You'd have to see the growth of Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston to understand. I am in constant awe as I travel to these places.
Gary had a couple dozen in his Beekeeping 101 class for new customers, and was selling dozens of nucs and complete set ups on this his first weekend.
The potential for honey production in this country is phenomenal. Even here in West Texas there is an untold wealth of sticky sweetness.
The proprietor there, Gary Rankin, told me that he was up to 1000 Italian queen imports to "cool down" the Africanized bee invasion that has been so hard on Texas beekeepers.
His business has exploded because Texas allows agricultural exemptions for keeping bees on personal property. The Hill Country and South Texas are retirement destinations. Localities make up for no income tax with property taxes, which are high on the "ranches" that lucrative people buy there. You'd have to see the growth of Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston to understand. I am in constant awe as I travel to these places.
Gary had a couple dozen in his Beekeeping 101 class for new customers, and was selling dozens of nucs and complete set ups on this his first weekend.
The potential for honey production in this country is phenomenal. Even here in West Texas there is an untold wealth of sticky sweetness.