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 …
Sneezeweed Wildflowers
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 …
Indian Blanket Wildflowers
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 …