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* Honey Bees For Sale * Supplies * Educational * Honey * Ag Exemption * Pollination * Photo Gallery * Contact Us *
Welcome to
The Bee Place
South Central Texas Bee Farms
We're committed to ensuring the future of honey bees in our communities...
Please note: We are in the process of updating our website this week (Sept 11th & 19th), so please pardon any virtual dust and incomplete pages... see more
If you are a return visitor, expect to see a totally different look and feel. Any "saved" or bookmarked pages should resolve without issue, but may require a refresh to see the latest updates. The site makeover/revision now includes the mobile style 3 bar menu system and a Search bar option. (more below)
If you have any issues or get any error messages, please Contact Us to let us know.
We are transitioning from the original legacy website to an all new "mobile friendly" version.
The site now includes the option to "search" for any key word or phrase. Desktop users should see the search bar option magnifying glass icon at the top right.
Mobile users may have to turn/rotate the device (temporarily) to landscape mode to access the search bar.
Other than that . . . we hope you enjoy the new version of The Bee Place online.
The original desktop site is 90% transferred to the new format and the remaining pages will have a reminder note at the top until the section/page is complete. (so please excuse the virtual dust)
The decline of the global honey bee population has been a subject of serious discussion and concern around the world for the last twenty years. Through a joint effort with the community, we hope to help rescue, restore, and rebuild at least some of the bee population, as well as help educate others about the importance of these unique and much needed creatures. Our goal is to offer assistance to anyone wanting to get involved in the age-old art of beekeeping by providing the basics needed to get started.
Listed below are the honey bee related products and services we offer to help keep existing bees from becoming statistics and also help those with crops in need of pollination to satisfy their needs safely and effectively. By educating the public, helping newcomers get started in beekeeping, offering pollinating services where they are needed, providing bees and supplies for beginners as well as experienced beekeepers, we hope to contribute by doing our part to keep the beloved honey bees off the endangered species lists.
By educating the public, helping newcomers get started in beekeeping, offering pollination services where they are needed, providing bees and supplies for beginners as well as experienced beekeepers, we hope to do our part to keep the beloved honey bees off the "endangered species" lists by contributing to the community both locally and nationally.
Are you or someone you know wanting to keep bees or add to your current apiary? We offer honey bees of a gentle nature and top quality genetics.
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Depending on the season and what we have in stock, we offer a variety of options including starter "Nucs" (nucleus colony), full size hives with a Nuc installed and queen bees when available.
Please visit our Honey Bees For Sale page for prices, options and availability. Ask about our honey bee hive lease options for large scale farming pollination needs and small scale community gardens or individuals needing an Agricultural Valuation aka "Ag Exemption" on property sizes from 5 to 20 acres, or 6 to 21 if there is a home on the property.
We offer group classes that provide the basic information and offer guidance to get new folks started in beekeeping as well as next level classes for second year beekeepers and beyond.
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Honey Bees 101 for adults and youth as well. Bees can be fun for the entire family to experience and enjoy. Come out to pick up your hives and stay for an afternoon of gleanings in beekeeping, as they say, with a member of the Master Beekeeper Program of Texas including a Q & A segment as well as hands on segment over an active hive - where you will learn to identify the various makings of the hive, including locating the queen and finding her eggs as well as learning first hand the difference in sealed and unsealed brood and capped honey, nectar and pollen.
Honey Bees 201 - our Intermediate Class for the Next Level beekeepers that are looking to step up their skill levels and start making their own splits, grading and checking hives for mites and more.
Visit our Educational section for general information for learning more about honey bees. Try the FAQs & How To section for articles and images explaining a lot of the most commonly asked questions we receive about beekeeping.
View the Additional Resources page for links to trusted information including websites and videos from well known beekeepers that lecture around the world.
The Bee Place... your official South Central Texas Mann Lake Beekeeping Supply Rep since 2015.
If we don't stock it, we can get it!
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The standard 10 Frame Langstroth style hives are the most common, so that is what we stock (and recommend for those without a reason to have smaller gear) and use in our own yards. These are the type we have most readily available, but we can order the Langstroth 8 frame equipment if needed.
We keep the most of the basic beekeeping supplies in stock, but for large orders we may require time to fabricate and / or treat raw woodenware to protect it from the elements.
Thanks for understanding.
The bulk of the world's crops require pollination by pollinating insects such as honey bees, some birds and even bats. Many crops benefit and produce at a much higher rate when honey bees are introduced to the fields when the crops are in bloom.
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We understand this need by fellow farmers, but we also value our bees, so we only offer Pollination Services to chemical conscious farmers. Anyone requesting our bee pollination services must be operating a pesticide free environment and sign a contract agreeing to meet this requirement. Meaning, if and when chemicals are to be used on the farms around or near the bee stations, ample notice will be given so the bees can be protected.
As the bees gather the nectar from the wildflowers, the clover, or the mesquite blossoms and even the highly sought after Huajilla blooms, they feed the colony and store any excess away in our Honey Supers. These different blooms all offer their unique flavors and colors in the honey they produce. We have bees in more than one county, so we have "local honey" in bulk from multiple areas. Contact Us to find out what we currently have available.
When we have a good year with ample rainfall patterns, we can produce hundreds of pounds of local honey with our bees. Rather than compete with the local beekeepers, we sell it in bulk to our friend, a local packer. Then he does all the heavy lifting and leg work to get it all extracted, along with honey from his own bees of course, and bottled for retail.
For small and personal size containers, please contact us for the best sources in your area.
For those that do not care to become beekeepers, but want to have bees on their property to service the community and save on property taxes, we can help.
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We lease our hives to land owners needing pollination bees on their property to qualify for tax breaks. These are hives that are there to pollinate the crops, gardens, flowers and trees in the area for the entire community. With this service, we do everything from the initial set-up of the apiary and place the hives in a suitable location out of the way of normal foot traffic and pets on the customer's property. We then manage the hives for the required time period their county requires to qualify for the ag value on the land. We charge an annual fee based in part on mileage to the property from our location. We have a simple maintenance agreement that the property owner can attach to the application to the appraisal district for the initial Ag Valuation or conversion from a different type of ag use on the land. Such as raising goats, cattle, or even hay production. Visit the Agricultural Exemption - with Honey Bees page or Contact Us for more details.
Download and Print our Current Health Certificates
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We are registered with and permitted by the Texas Apiary Inspection Service. We get inspected annually and have never had any issues with our bees.
We service south, central and parts of east Texas and cover other areas of our state as well as sending semi loads of bees across country for pollination and honey production.
Contact Us or click the links on this site for more information and to see photo galleries and bee supply options.
References for all of our bees and related products and services are available upon request.
We're from here!
We are a family owned and operated local small business established in 2014. We specialize in providing top quality very gentle honey bees and the guidance to get new beekeepers started on the right track. We offer beekeeping classes and supplies as well as hive leasing services to the land owners in the community as well as large scale farms nation wide.
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We offer a full line of Beekeeping Supplies. From basic Bee Hive Sets to full Apiary Starter Kits to Individual Hive Parts, from Clothing & Protective Gear, and Feeders, to the Tools & Accessories needed, we are here to help and have classes to assist the beginners learn how to keep bees strong and healthy.
The standard 10 Frame Langstroth style hives are the most common, so that is what we recommend and use in our own yards. These are the type we have most readily available, but we also offer the Langstroth 8 frame equipment if needed. We keep the most of the basics in stock, but for large orders we may require time to fabricate and / or treat raw woodenware to protect it from the elements. Please Note: Beekeeping Supplies and Bees are Local Pickup and by Appointment Only - We are a bee farm and work our bees at more than one location. We do not have a brick and mortar store for "walk in shopping", therefore all equipment and bee pickups are on scheduled pickup dates or by appointment only. Thanks for understanding!
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