Beekeeping in Austin, Texas

Today around 8:00AM I went to the farm. I hadn't been there for months. Wanted to see how it looked like now. Also a few weeks ago, my n...

       

       

At a client's closing on his new house, I mentioned to him(Anil) about my interest in farm and beekeeping. Anil told me about someone he...

Last time, when I checked the hive, a week ago, the queens were out of their little plastic EzBz cages. I left them alone, I tried hard to s...

Today opened up the hive to see what is happening. Was anxious all day long - is the queens still there? I didn't even get a good look a...

  In addition to having two hives at home, I have purchased a couple of Bee Swarm Traps to attract bees when they swarm. The bees swarm when...

  This is a picture of what my beehive and feeding looks like today. I have added entrance feeder (thank you, Mr. Oakley!) and gave the bees...

  I have been waiting since Nov of 2009 to have queen bees in my yard. And that wish was fulfilled on April 17th, Saturday. I picked up the ...

To save bees from exterminators and common folks who think that they are a pest, we have set up a Austin Bee Rescue Hotline. Please call 512...

Finally after much wait, the hive came in one day. Here is the picture of all the parts. Hive Parts After looking at all the parts and a...

I got interested in bees recently. Recently we put out some hummingbird feeders during 2009 summer season to watch hummingbirds. It had been...

This blog is started due to the need of (and lack of) information available on the web about beekeeping in the Greater Austin Area. There do...