North - Northwest Austin Edition | January 2025

Health & wellness

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON

Some of TBA’s local aliations, such as the Temple Area Beekeepers Association, oer youth programs.

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A variety of honeys can be found across Texas, including wildower honey, cotton honey and brush honey.

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Texas Beekeepers Association aids bee education There are over 1,500 beekeepers across 53 local beekeeper associations in Texas that help make up the Texas Beekeepers Association. ltered and pasteurized their product, resulting in a loss of “a lot of the benets.”

Texas Beekeepers Association’s Real Texas Honey seal indicates the bottled honey is raw, pure and unltered.

Texas’ huge land area and diverse forage also means there are a variety of honeys across the state, depending on what the bees are bringing in, with Central Texas known for its cotton honey and North Texas for its wildower honey. Get involved For prospective beekeepers, Barber said January and February is the best time of the year to start doing research in order to purchase a bee nucleus colony, or “nuc,” by springtime. Seeking out a local beekeeping association for education and support is a good rst step, he said.

The association, which was formed over 140 years ago, represents the interests of beekeepers across the state, said TBA president Gary Barber. How it works TBA is also partnered with the Texas Honey Bee Education Association, which promotes honey bee education throughout Texas, and Real Texas Honey, which locates local beekeepers and can provide a unique seal to beekeepers who sell pure, unadulterated honey. While there’s nothing wrong with store-bought honey, Barber said a lot of brands have highly

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Support the bees

Plant pollinator-friendly plants and trees with high nutritional value Provide water sources for bees to hydrate Limit the use of environmental contaminants such as herbicides and pesticides Buy honey from local beekeepers or brands that have the Real Texas Honey seal

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