About Us

We raise honeybees for several reasons:

They are a fascinating insect for whom we rely on for more than 90% of our agricultural production.

Raising honeybees is a great way to get close to the environment, and to learn about biology and chemistry, and engineering.

We joined the Harris County Honeybee Association and have made many wonderful friends, you can too.

This hobby is not work intensive, and there are many rewards for maintaining a healthy hive—fresh local honey, bees’ wax, and honeybee pollen.

Our flowers are bigger and brighter and the plants produce flowers for frequently.

We can remove honeybee swarms from your property, in trees, on marine docks, from trailers and homes, no spot is unreachable. Why do we offer these specialized services? We will add these newly captured honeybees to our weaker hives to produce more honey and wax.

This is a picture of what you might see when honeybees have swarmed into a tree. We offer free assessments, upon your authorization we will extract the honeybees. This may entail cutting branches and limbs. We do not haul tree cuttings away.

This is a picture of what it might look like if honeybees have settled into your home or shed walls. Our process involves removing the bees in a expeditious manner while minimize the danger to you and your neighbors and the damage to your property. In most cases the repairs are minimal so the home owner or handyman can make the necessary repairs.

This is a picture of what it might look like if honeybees have settled into your office or ranch buildings. Our process involves removing the bees in a expeditious manner while minimize the danger to you and your neighbors and the damage to your property. In most cases the repairs are minimal so the home owner or handyman can make the necessary repairs.

Honeybees may swarm into your boat, recreation vehicle, or hunting blind. Our process involves removing the bees in a expeditious manner while minimize the danger to you and your neighbors and the damage to your property. In most cases the repairs are minimal so the home owner or handyman can make the necessary repairs.

State of Texas Bee Removal Permit # BR-09-009.

Date issued 10--9-08

Bee removal: Texas Counties of Harris, Galveston, Chambers, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson, LaVca, Colorado, Austin, Washington, Waller, Grimes, Brazos, Walker, Montgomery, Liberty,

Hardin, Walker, San Jacinto, Polk, Trinity, Madison, Robertson, Milam, Williamson, Jefferson, and Tyler.

Bee Identification

Honey bees

Honeybees live year round, their size ranging from ½” to ¾”. They can be observed as a giant swarm migrating, or as 5 to 20 buzzing around an eve, chimney, or other structural openings. New honeybee swarms consist of 4,000 to 6,000 bees. An active hive generally has 10,000 to 50,000 bees and 20 to 80 lbs of honey. Respectively, there is no such thing as a small hive.

Paper Wasps

Paper wasps are ¾” to 1¼” long; yellow and black in appearance. Nests appear to be made of gray or brown papery material. Generally consisting of 5 to 30 wasps per nest, they are often found hanging under the eves, but can also be found in attics, trees, as well as other structures.

Africanized Honybees

Look the same as the European honeybee, though unnoticeably smaller in size, Africanized honeybees are very aggressive, territorial, and may nest in awkward places. They defend their hive in large numbers, can stay aggressive for days after being disturbed. Africanized bees are extremely aggravated by loud noises, and vibrations. In addition, they are highly provoked by certain smells such as fresh cut grass and bananas.

Bumble Bees

Found living in nests of 15 to 100 in cavities in the ground, under sheds, or other random places usually low to the ground. Bumblebees are seasonal, after summer only the queen survives, starting a new colony in the spring. They defend their hive very aggressively and can sting multiple times.

Yellow Jackets

Often mistaken for honeybees, they are similar in size to a honey bee, but are brighter yellow; they have a rapid, side to side flight pattern prior to landing. Yellowjackets are scavengers eating meats and sweets. They have a stinger without barbs and can sting repeatedly without dying. They are very aggressive, defensive, and are generally found in holes in the ground; though occasionally nest in places similar to honeybees. Seasonally, yellowjacket colony’s reach a size of 4,000 and 5,000 workers and a nest of 10,000 and 15,000 cells in August and early September.

Carpenter Bees

Male carpenter bees are solid black, they also cannot sting. The females are tan in color and sting quite well. Carpenter bees are sometimes mistaken for bumblebees, however carpenter bees are shiny with less hair. There flight is faster than a bumblebee’s, and is also a more jerky flight, very similar to a hummingbird. Carpenter bees are solitary bees burrowing holes the size of a dime or penny into wood patio covers, eves, and other places. Average size is one inch in length.