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Dry Wash Ranch Apiary Local honeybee services in Howard County, Texas. Honey and associated products and swarm removal.

Dish soap. A big washrag. And a honey extractor. Know what that means?!!!It's Very VERY VVERRRRRRRYYY SOON FOR HONEY HAR...
09/25/2026

Dish soap. A big washrag. And a honey extractor. Know what that means?!!!

It's Very VERY VVERRRRRRRYYY SOON FOR HONEY HARVEST!!!!

Some of the Dry Wash gold got sold at the Howard County Fair tonight. Our honey will be at the fair in the Howard County...
09/19/2026

Some of the Dry Wash gold got sold at the Howard County Fair tonight. Our honey will be at the fair in the Howard County Master Gardeners booth again tomorrow. Lots of fun meeting people and selling honey, Gardeners raffle tickets for the birdhouse, giant rooster, the metal sunflower, and the pot of mums.

Newsflash!!!! Dry Wash Ranch Apiary honey will be sold at the Howard County Fair this weekend, starting today, at the Ho...
09/18/2026

Newsflash!!!! Dry Wash Ranch Apiary honey will be sold at the Howard County Fair this weekend, starting today, at the Howard County Master Gardeners booth!!

Without bees, flowering plants would have a hard time getting pollinated and producing fruit/seeds, and the entire world would starve!

Buy a flowering plant from Howard County Master Gardeners and buy some Dry Wash Ranch Apiary honey!!! You'll do your local bees, butterflies, wasps (yes wasps keep pests under control and also pollinate), and hummingbirds a favor, and you'll do yourself a favor by buying some honey and enjoying it in your coffee, in your tea for sipping, and on toast or bagels!! Deeeeelicious!!

After the little rain we got 10 days ago, we have a small plot of daisies blooming and some volunteer coral vines puttin...
09/14/2026

After the little rain we got 10 days ago, we have a small plot of daisies blooming and some volunteer coral vines putting out blooms. I didn't know we had coral vines growing!!

There are honeybees, little green bees, and a small wasp (dont know what species, only half an inch long) all foraging away on the daisies.

RAIN!!! At the Dry Wash!!! Thank you for this Blessing of Water, Lord!!! Now we got a turdfloater junior coming down! Wh...
09/04/2026

RAIN!!! At the Dry Wash!!! Thank you for this Blessing of Water, Lord!!! Now we got a turdfloater junior coming down! Whoop!!!

Beat the HELL outta the drought, Aggies!!! WHOOOP!

AMAZING what washing your vehicle will do in West Texas!!!

Got BUMBLE???!! Dry Wash got bumbles and a few flowers!
08/29/2026

Got BUMBLE???!! Dry Wash got bumbles and a few flowers!

Finally was able to go work in 95 degree heat after the sun set yesterday and some late summer feedinf for the newer hiv...
08/15/2026

Finally was able to go work in 95 degree heat after the sun set yesterday and some late summer feedinf for the newer hives. None of those have supers on them yet. We are just trying to get them through our typical West Texas 100-106 F summer heat with a population buildup that's ready for winter when it finally gets here. One hive had decided it was hotter than blue blazes yeaterday and had formed a big beard outside the hive until it cooled off some more.

Feeding was successful. These bees we got from Fain's Bees are VERY nice bees! I didn't use any smoke and only had a single bee across 6 hives that even landed on my hood veil to figure out who I was and what I was doing. No stings on gloves or suit, no angry excited buzzing, just mostly quiet humming bees doing nurse bee and worker bee things.

As a reference, it was still 90F outside last night at 22:30 hours.

06/26/2026

It's a hunnert degrees outside again, and I am listening to several hundred bees drinking water in the rain collection tub off the back porch that is set up to give bees a natural water source. The bees are so desperate to drini water as fast as they can and carry it back in their honey stomachs that it sounds like I standing next to an open hive, just without thr harsh banana alert pheromone and no angry bees telling me to get the hell gone or else. Even the paper wasps getting a drink are fairly docile for wasps. I have touched one wasps wing while it was getting a drink and it didn't care!

Watching the bees come in ans go out in their flight lines is facinatin' to me! Meanwhile to the north, there are storms popping up. It would be great to get a rainshower here at the end of June!

Even when it's 100F outside and the wind is being kinda breezy at 20mph, Dry Wash honeybees still got to go forage! This...
06/25/2026

Even when it's 100F outside and the wind is being kinda breezy at 20mph, Dry Wash honeybees still got to go forage! This little gal was on the mint plant flowers close to the rainwater collection tub.

When you need to end the day with an out of the oven relief with the warmth of the sun in a jar and not bakin' yer scorc...
06/21/2026

When you need to end the day with an out of the oven relief with the warmth of the sun in a jar and not bakin' yer scorched hide, just pop a cork on a Dry Wash Ranch Apiary 4oz jar and add some to a glass of amber adult liquid or put a little in some late day coffee. It will make your day, especially if some of the golden winds up coating the inside of your mouth with sweet honey!

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Tubbs Addition
Big Spring, TX
79720

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