Texas Natural Beekeepers Association Inc.

10/17/2026

🐝📸 ONLY 15 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER!

Don't miss your chance to participate in the Texas Beekeeping Photo Contest: Bee Smiled!

Whether you're an adult or a youth photographer, we want to see your best photos celebrating honey bees, beekeeping, and the Texas beekeeping community!

📅 Submission deadline: October 31, 2026, at 8:00 PM

✅ Open to Texas residents
✅ No entry fee
📸 Amateur photographers welcome!

👉 Submit your photos here:
https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=887388

Organized by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Apiculture Program in collaboration with the Texas Beekeepers Association.

📣 Help us spread the word! Share this opportunity with your local beekeeping clubs, friends, and family.

10/16/2026

🐝 We're buzzing with excitement for our November Hive Happening!

Our keynote speaker, Eli Powell, is a Research Associate in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas in Austin. Eli has been researching the honeybee gut microbiome for 16 years with the Moran Lab at UT Austin, exploring how these microbial communities have evolved, how they are transmitted + established, what they do for their hosts, how they are disrupted, and how they might help bees face future challenges.

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Thursday, November 12th, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
at The Salt Lick BBQ The Salt Lick

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Gather with beekeepers + bee friends for an evening of community conversation, a keynote presentation, local artisans market, and delicious food and drinks.

⭐️ Texas Natural Beekeepers Association’s monthly meetups are FREE + OPEN to the public, and help support Texas Natural Beekeepers Association community outreach programs.

Learn more at www.tnba.club

10/13/2026

🎃 Happy Fall Yall! We're excited to be part of the Driftwood Fall Festival happening Vista Brewing | Austin, Texas & Hill Country Destination Brewpub

Texas Natural Beekeepers Association has an educational booth at the festival + you're invited to come learn about the bees + meet local beekeepers this Saturday!

⭐️ BONUS! ⭐️
We'd love volunteers to help at the TNBA booth!
* Volunteers will get 5 free day passes to the Festival to enjoy all the family fun activities including a pumpkin patch, hay maze + mini golf!
• Want to join us? Send us a DM or email [email protected]

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MEET THE BEEKEEPERS
Saturday, October 17th, 1-4 pm
at Vista Brewing
13551 RM 150, Driftwood, TX 78619

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10/08/2026

10/06/2026

🧟‍♂️ We're thrilled to feature a spooktacular lineup of amazing Artisans, Sponsors + Speaker at our October Hive Happening!
Come get some treats + stay for the tricks!

🎃 Thursday, October 8th, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
at Ghost Note Brewing Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX
23663 RR 12, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

🕯The Beeswax Co | Ethical TX Beeswax | Beeswax Candles brings beautiful beeswax candles, made with 100% pure Texas beeswax sourced from local beekeepers + handpoured to illuminate your holiday table

🍅 pedernalesfarmersmarket will inform folks about all the great community offerings happening at the Pedernales Farmers Market on Sundays in Spicewood

🍯 Fireside Chat Support Network offers Hero Honey with sales supporting veterans, first responders + their families

🌿 Odd Six Station provides Texas native pollinator plants + outrageously delicious organic sourdough

🦋 Blue Butterfly Farm handcrafts Bee Better Balm, a healing botanical blend of organically grown + sustainably wildcrafted plants, beeswax, honey + organic essential oils

🍺 Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX crafts ghoulishy great brews, hard seltzer, w**e, c***r + non-alcoholic beverages

🍝 mrpimento will be serving up some killer mac n cheese + wings to die for

🎤 Our keynote speaker, Jason Gamble, will be sharing tips + tricks for getting our bees ready for winter. Jason is an expert beekeeper + owner of Helping Hands Apiaries, LLC, and has over 20 years of experience with honey bees, raising queens + offering professional hive management services throughout central Texas.
Learn more at www.helpinghandapiaries.com

⭐️ Texas Natural Beekeepers Association’s monthly meetups are FREE + OPEN to the public, and help support Texas Natural Beekeepers Association community outreach programs.

Learn more at www.tnba.club

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10/01/2026

👻 It's spooky season + we're thrilled to team back up with our boo buddies Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX for our October Hive Happening!

🎃 Thursday, October 8th, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
at Ghost Note Brewing
23663 RR 12, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

Join beekeepers + beefriends for an evening of Community Conversation, a Keynote Presentation, a Local Artisans Market, and delicious food + drinks!

Our keynote speaker, Jason Gamble, is an expert beekeeper + owner of Helping Hands Apiaries, LLC. Jason has over 20 years of experience with honey bees, and he raises queens + offers professional hive management services throughout central Texas.
Learn more at www.helpinghandapiaries.com

⭐️ Texas Natural Beekeepers Association’s monthly meetups are FREE + OPEN to the public, and help support Texas Natural Beekeepers Association community outreach programs.

Learn more at www.tnba.club

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Cheers to our Sponsors + Artisans!
Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX
Helping Hand Apiaries
pedernalesfarmersmarket
Blue Butterfly Farm
Odd Six Station

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09/25/2026

🍁 The seasons are changing + it's time to start getting our bees ready for the cold months ahead! We'll be learning tips + tricks for winter prep at our October 8th Hive Happening.

Join beekeepers + beefriends for an evening of Community Conversation, a Keynote Presentation, a Local Artisans Market, and delicious food + drinks!

Thursday, October 8th, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
at Ghost Note Brewing Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX
23663 RR 12, Dripping Springs, TX 78620

Our keynote speaker, Jason Gamble, is an expert beekeeper + owner of Helping Hands Apiaries, LLC. Jason has over 20 years of experience with honey bees, and he raises queens + offers professional hive management services throughout central Texas.
Learn more at www.helpinghandapiaries.com

⭐️ Texas Natural Beekeepers Association’s monthly meetups are FREE + OPEN to the public, and help support Texas Natural Beekeepers Association community outreach programs.

Learn more at www.tnba.club

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Cheers to our Sponsors + Artisans!
Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX
A.T.Eatz Burger Joint
Helping Hand Apiaries
Blue Butterfly Farm
Odd Six Station

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09/21/2026

🐝 Great day at the office with the Youth Scholarship Program! Through this 2 year program, students manage their own top bar hive and learn everything from bee biology + nutrition to advanced skills like making a split + catching a swarm.

You can support these busy bees at our October Hive Happening!

Thursday, October 8th, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
at Ghost Note Brewing Ghost Note Brewing DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX
23663 RR 12, Dripping Springs, TX

Join beekeepers + beefriends for an evening of Community Conversation, a Keynote Presentation with expert beekeeper Jason Gamble of Helping Hands Apiaries, and a Local Artisans Market!

⭐️ Texas Natural Beekeepers Association’s monthly meetups are FREE + OPEN to the public, and help support Texas Natural Beekeepers Association community outreach programs.
Learn more at www.tnba.club

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09/20/2026