Charlie Agar is "saving bees and sweetening teas" all across Central Texas from the family homestead and retail store on the south end of Seguin (near the town of New Berlin).

Charlie's road to beekeeping was no beeline, though. He once worked the fisheries of Alaska, ski-bummed in Colorado, taught English in Japan, and crisscrossed South and Southeast Asia for years, adventures that morphed into a career as a guidebook writer and later a newspaper reporter.

When dragged against his will to a beekeeping class, Charlie caught “bee fever” and got his first hive of honeybees in 2013. He moved to Texas in 2014 and started doing nuisance hive removals and his bee obsession has just snowballed, spawning a bee removal business (the aptly-named “Charlie Bee Company”) and a reality TV series.

Charlie is a past area director of the Texas Beekeepers Association. He is a volunteer mentor with the non-profit Hives for Heroes, and a regular guest speaker and presenter to groups and organizations all across Texas.

Charlie and his wife Kaye are busy at their homestead, bee school and retail site on 15 acres on the south side of Seguin, TX – near the town of New Berlin. Come for a visit! 

The retail shop is open any time by appointment. Regular fall hours are Thursdays from 1 pm to 6 pm, Fridays from 10 am to 6 pm, and Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm. Reach out to make arrangements or ask questions at 830.708.8797 or TakeTheseBees@Gmail.com.