Brent's Bees Blog

2026 Honey Harvest Crew Brent Husted started beekeeping in 2008 with a single hive and no mentor — just persistence and a lot of trial and error. By 2015 he'd lost every colony he had. A captured swarm in 2018, not long after moving to Fort Worth, brought him back in, and this time he did things differently: instead of buying new bees every time something went wrong, he learned to split and rebuild his own colonies, which turned out to be the foundation needed to learn "susta

Beekeeping doesn't come naturally to anyone. Brent learned almost all of it the hard way, one mistake at a time, starting back in 2008. These days he spends part of the season passing that experience on: to bee clubs working through the same problems he once did, and to kids meeting a honey bee up close for the first time. If you run a club, a classroom, or an event that could use a real beekeeper, get in touch. Talks I Offer Winterizing Your Apiary — what to check, treat, an

AG Lease Specialists Brent's Bees places and manages honey bee colonies on host properties across North Texas — a working partnership where you provide the land and we provide the bees, the equipment, and the seasonal care. How It Works We place and maintain hives on your property, with regular seasonal visits for inspections, mite treatment, and honey harvest Your land may qualify for agricultural valuation in Texas by hosting a qualifying number of hives (# set by your coun

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If you want to become a bee keeper here are a few important first thoughts