There comes a point during the Texas summer (typically July), where there’s a scarcity (dearth) of wildflowers for the honey bees to use as pollinators. During this period, our Hokkaido Ranch beekeepers supplemental feed the bees. With honey harvested from the supers as the dearth begins, it’s important to make sure the bees don’t go
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When the initial 16 nuc colonies of Golden Cordovan honey bees arrived at Hokkaido Ranch in April, we knew it would be a while before we could harvest honey for resale. Because you want your beehives to grow strong, it typically takes a year to build them up. However, the wet spring with lots of
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Part of operating our Texas honey bee ranch involves wildlife management for other animals. This includes serving as a deer sanctuary. The picture above is from one of our security cameras we use to track wildlife for their protection and census counts. We have no plans to permit deer hunting on the property. In fact,
One of the biggest changes to the way we run the ranch to produce Texas pure wildflower honey is to leave Sneezeweed and other pollinator plants in the pasture that we’d otherwise mow. Because Sneezeweed is a big hit with both our honey bees and butterflies. Depending on the variety, Sneezeweed can bloom as early
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