Temple Area Beekeepers Association

07/04/2025

Saw this on another beekeeping page and thought some of our new beekeepers may be interested since harvest time is here or near.

06/14/2025

2025 TABA group photo during our
6/12/25 meeting.

06/14/2025

Saturday 6/7/25, we had a great field day with TABA members. Learned from classes given by knowledgeable beekeepers, and we built swarm boxes. We all enjoyed the good company and tasty food.

03/20/2025

My honey bees are hopping now that my Red Bud trees are popping.

08/03/2024

It was a great morning to do my annual honey harvest. It was a rough year for the bees and we only had 4 hives that we were able to harvest from.

06/02/2024

#57 - WARNING: Do Not Smash To Recover Funds

05/30/2024

These are the photos that did not copy to my earlier post. My front yard bee-friendly wild flower garden. Horse Mint, Indian Blanket, Mexican Hat, Partridge Pea, Gay Feathers, Daisies. Not all are blooming yet.

05/29/2024

On This Day in the History of Beekeeping, May 29, 1953

Image: A Specially designed bookplate given to Sir Edmund Hillary to honor his achievement.

Today in History, Beekeeper Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain.

1953 was the year in which Mount Everest was climbed for the first time and climbed by a beekeeper - Sir Edmund Hillary. As there was no other body to do so the Bee Research Association (BRA) opened a fund for a commemorative presentation and a collection of bee books was duly given to the climber with a specially designed bookplate marking the achievement.

Did You Know?...

In 1852 the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India measured Everest's elevation as 29,000 feet above sea level. but the surveyors didn't think people would believe that so they added two feet to its elevation, making it 29,002 feet.

This figure remained the officially accepted height for more than one hundred years. In 1955 it was adjusted by a mere 26 feet to 29,028 (8,848 m).

Everest's current elevation of 29,035 feet is based on a GPS device implanted on the highest rock point under ice and snow in 1999 by an American expedition. The mountain is higher than 21 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other.

Source:
http://www.ibra.org.uk/articles/IBRA-History

05/26/2024

Gotcha….

05/23/2024

Check those hive lids. Had one nuc lose a lid tonight. With the top feeder on, the bees weren’t able to propolize the lid.

01/23/2024

Beyond the interesting hive type used in Japanese beekeeping. Check out the lift they use to bottom super the hives.

I added a box to Box Pile Hive. The colony had grown faster than my expectation.Apr 11th, 2018 Kyoto JapanTo get more information about Japanese bee and its ...

05/23/2023

🎉 MAY GIVEAWAY 🎉

For our final giveaway of the month, we have ANOTHER bundle for You! This time, we are giving away a Queen Excluder Scraper & A LIVE QUEEN! 🐝

This is a giveaway you don't want to miss out on! Like and share the post and the winner will be announced this Friday afternoon (5/26)!