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She also says that the mission of her company, Texas Beeworks, is to promote public awareness about bees and beekeepers. Her organization removes bees for free. [3] In 2018, the television quiz show Jeopardy! recorded video clues about bees for an episode of the show. The videos featured Thompson's organization Texas Beeworks.
Some southern U.S. beekeepers keep bees primarily to raise queens and package bees for sale. Northern beekeepers can buy early spring queens and 3- or 4-pound packages of live worker bees from the South to replenish hives that die out during the winter, although this is becoming less practical due to the spread of the Africanized bee.
The most lucrative areas for American honey production are Florida, Texas, California, and the Upper Midwest. [7] For paid pollination, the main areas are California, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes States, and the Northeast. [7] Rules and regulations by local ordinances and zoning laws also affect apiaries. [8]
Beekeepers (or apiarists) keep bees to collect honey and other products of the hive: beeswax, propolis, bee pollen, and royal jelly. Other sources of beekeeping income include pollination of crops, raising queens, and production of package bees for sale. Bee hives are kept in an apiary or "bee yard".
Navasota: Part of Navasota Commercial Historic District 5: Piedmont Springs Archeological Site: Piedmont Springs Archeological Site: July 29, 1982 : Address restricted [5] Anderson: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 6: Steele House: Steele House: June 13, 1978 : 217 Brewer St.
Agapostemon texanus is a species of bee found in North America.Commonly known as the metallic green sweat bee or the Texas striped sweat bee, it varies greatly in its appearance, with variations in color and in the amount of black markings on the legs.
David Hackenberg is an American commercial beekeeper [1] [2] who started Hackenberg Apiaries which runs beehives in several American states.. Hackenberg witnessed the first case of what was going to be known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in November 2006 and reported it publicly in February 2007.
Moses Quinby (April 15 or 16, 1810 – May 26, 1875) was an American beekeeper from the State of New York.He is remembered as the father of practical beekeeping and the father of commercial beekeeping in America.