Mike Young

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

We supplemented existing wildflowers with 11 different bee-friendly wildflowers on 20 acres of our ranch near the apiary. Because we wanted our honey bees and other pollinators to have more options for many months of the year. This photo shows some of the Indian Blanket that we seeded. The seeding was a learning process based