The TV Show:
Charlie the Beekeeper rescues honeybees from desperate and dangerous situations and makes lots of friends along the way!
THE COMPANY
Welcome to Charlie Bee Company LLC of New Braunfels, Texas!
Beekeeper Charlie Agar serves clients all along the I-35 corridor from San Antonio to Austin.
Charlie captures nuisance honey bees from walls and trees and takes them to a rural “bee-hab” for a little rehabilitation. He then leases bees for agricultural tax valuation on ranch properties all across the area. Charlie also teaches a beginner beekeeping course at his apiary in New Braunfels and all are welcome, and he consults with beekeepers on a case-by-case basis.
The byproduct of all this bee work is of course golden delicious Texas Hill Country honey Charlie likes to call “Liquid Sunshine.”
For honey orders or help with all things honey bees in and around New Braunfels, Texas, contact Charlie by phone or text at 830.708.8797 or by email at TakeTheseBees@Gmail.com .
His work is now the stuff of a reality TV series you can stream on PBS Austin or wherever you watch PBS!
Don’t stop! Don’t give up!
Here’s the thing, y’all: keeping bees alive ain’t easy, and as new beekeepers we just don’t know what we don’t know until we find out later that we didn’t know it. That means we’re going to fail. That means dead-outs for what seems no apparent reason, hive diseases, swarming colonies and parent colonies going feral. … Read More
Bees can think, right?
Interesting article in American Scientist Magazine about bees and insect consciousness. It’s easy to imagine bees have deep inner lives – just look at the decisions they make collaboratively and how they build in the hives! It’s clear that there’s something more going on than just instinct.
Texas “Dearth”
Dearth. It means a “scarcity” or “lack” of something. And the Texas summer dearth is a long season with a total lack of nectar-bearing plants for bees and other pollinators. When the temperatures are consistently above 100F, foliage just shrivels up and the land goes dry. And this year has been downright Biblical so far … Read More
