Uncommon Bees

06/17/2024

No matter how crazy this picture looks, it will always look like peace for me…

First, shout out to all my fellow popup marketers, and outdoor workers this weekend, it was stupid hot!!!! We are tired, sweaty, exhausted, and to bee honest, we are done!

Thank you to everyone who showed up this weekend, and pushed through the heat to support your local beeks, you guys are amazing!

Now it’s time for some peace! A walk in one of our apiaries this evening to let the girls pull some of this stress off! I love me bees, they are truly healing in so many ways! Wendell Berry said something that changes my life on how to father, and I try to think about this in everything I do!

“The World is not given by our fathers, but borrowed from our children”

Goodnight beeple!

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06/16/2024

Cuckoo bees are named so because, like cuckoo birds, they will sneak into another bees nest and lay their eggs!

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06/16/2024

Market number 2 and the last of the weekend! We are at Bad Astronaut Brewing for Punk Rock Garage Sale until 6pm!! Come checkout some of the most eclectic artist, artisans, and entrepreneurs in Houston; then grab an amazing beer!! See you soon!

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06/16/2024

We know not all dads are big fan of meat, but did you know a portobello mushroom cap glazed with some of our Hickory Smoked Honey is a great substitute for a burger?!?!

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06/16/2024

First market of the day!! Come celebrate Fathers Day at The Houston Farmers Market with The SHOP LOCAL MARKET until 5pm!!! Let dad pickup something amazing for himself today!

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06/16/2024

Good morning beeple, and HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! The father isn’t celebrated in the hive much, as it has a rather tragic ending. We hope you find time to celebrate the dads in your life no matter blood, adopted, or assumed, we hope the fathers have they day they deserve!!

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06/15/2024

Some nights the honey bee might not make it back to her hive. She will find a safe place to stay, and wait for the sun to rise the next morning.

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06/15/2024

How ever you cook your salmon, don’t forget to evenly mix our Garlic Infused Honey and our Habanero Infused Honey for a spicy delicious delight!

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06/15/2024

06/15/2024

You know where you can always finds, each Saturday and Sunday, and that’s at The Houston Farmers Market for The SHOP LOCAL MARKET until 5pm!!! Come pickup something amazing for dad, and checkout this wonderful space!

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06/15/2024

Well one more notch on the days of my life! We are done, and almost completely ready for this weekend! It has been a mentally slow week for me, neither my body nor my mind wanted to keep going, but we all talked it out, and we have come to an understanding!

A small fire and an adult beverage was needed this evening. I know the heat makes it seem a little crazy, but a small fire keeps the bugs away!

Goodnight Beeple!

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06/14/2024

Did you know, when a bumblebee hatches, it's 'silvery' all over and gradually colours up? This is a newly hatched Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)! 🐝

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06/14/2024

Pan cook some chicken, then glaze with our Garlic Infused Honey…. Bee prepared to never bee the same again!

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06/14/2024

Good morning Beeple!!! Did you know June is not just Pride Month, but also Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month? This is a very dear a near cause. I try my best to be open about my personal struggles to let everyone, including men, know it’s ok, to not be ok! I am so lucky to have an amazing family, friends, and my bees. If you ever see me at a market or event, know I’m always open for a handshake or a hug. You are going to make it through this mess we call life, and it is going to be bee-utiful!

“I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.”
Wendell Berry

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06/14/2024

I love to see the guard bees standing at their post checking every bee as they come and go, and giving them the clearance needed to proceed. I kind of wish I had a guard bee in my life!!! 😂

Good night beeple!

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06/13/2024

Honey bees are perfectly designed for collecting pollen. Almost every part of their body is covered in little hairs to do so, even their eyes!! You will see them rolling around in a flower like a dog who has found the foulest of smells. They will groom their body to push it to their pollen pouches, and when they return to the hive, they will be cleaned by works to ensure every bit of pollen is saved.

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06/13/2024

Lamb chops are one of those things that seem way more luxurious than they really are! Glaze some grill lamp chops with some of our Lavender Infused Honey to take something from luxurious to decadent!

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06/13/2024

Did you know you can pickup your order at one of our markets? Just shoot us a message, and we can make it happen!! Please let us know by Thursday so we can be sure we can have it for you!

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06/13/2024

Good morning Beeple!!! It’s bee-utiful morning in the bee yard! I love my smoker. This 250 year old piece of technology has changed so little, but is perfect for what it does. Every beek has their preference to manufacture, but in general, it’s pretty much the same thing.

We try to find better ways to accomplish something or resolve a problem, that has already been done! Bee sure in your task you are not trying to climb over a steep hill, where a tunnel has already been dug!

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06/13/2024

In the evening, when the bees are heading home. Its relaxing and entertaining to watch. There is a mass influx of bees heading for their hives. The guard bees frantically trying to check each one. I imagine them greeting each other. Them bumbling through the air, bumping into each other, as they are weighted down by their harvest of the day.... Goodnight world!

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06/12/2024

I always find it interesting as to what people see differently. I know it comes down to knowledge and experience, but what catches one persons eyes, can totally over looked by the next.

Most just see a bee on a sunflower. I see an old worker bee. Tattered wings balled back, she will worker her self to death, and by the looks of her, she won’t be around much longer. She has given her all for her hive, for her family…

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06/12/2024

Today is loving day! Today celebrates the day the supreme court’s struck down the anti-miscegenation law remaining in 16 states in the US.

It is kind of scary, living in the times we do. With the court’s deciding laws based strictly on personal beliefs instead of the law. With current decision and discussions, it is possible for someone to argue, on the same bases, that the loving decision should be struck down.

I remember talking with Portia one day and realizing, when I close my eyes and imagine holding a hand it is her hand a beautiful brown hand, fingers intertwined. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but imagine, close your eyes and imagine holding a hand, it probably looks similar to yours. This was a huge change in my mind, and just another confirmation that I loved her…

We live in such a time of hate. Hate for opposing political beliefs, hate for other religions, hate for other sexual orientation, hate for someone simply for the color of their skin…

Whatever moral, political, or religious choices you lean towards, ask yourself about the hate it creates in you, and is that really ok? Can you really justify it, with that?

It’s simple to me. In honor of loving day, please unfollow us if you hate someone for belonging to another political party, for worshiping in another religion or denomination, for loving someone you don’t think they should, or someone who looks different than you.

Love is love, not matter the color…

06/12/2024

Did you know we have over 70 different infused honeys?!?! We painstakingly develop and test every one personally. We have savory and sweet, mushroom to bourbon, and everything in between! Checkout our website and find something amazing for you or someone else!!

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06/12/2024

Good morning beeple, and Happy Loving day! Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states.

Love is love….



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06/12/2024

This evening I was worried I had a hive swarming. The number of bees in the air was huge! It ended up being just a perfectly timed event of the mass return of the evening bees, and it was awesome! I set in the apiary, and let them buzz by, with occasional bee bumping into me. It was a moment of zen surround by thousands and thousands of my girls, then, within minutes peace!

I love how nature finds away to give you a hug, when you really need it!

Good night beeple!

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06/11/2024

One of my favorite native bees, on one of my favorite native flowers! The metallic sweat bee, Agapostemon virescens, on the purple coneflower, Echinacea sp. .

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06/11/2024

A morning staple is some Greek yogurt, pecans, and honey! I enjoy our Raw and Unfiltered Honey, but our Hibiscus or Blackberry Infused Honey is also amazing!

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06/11/2024

Did you know, almost all of our honeys are available from a 5oz jar all the way up to a 96oz jar?!?! Now you do!

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06/11/2024

Sitting outside the honey house this evening, watching the girls come home loaded up!! It’s about that time here to wrap things up, we hope you had a great day!

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06/10/2024

With this heat, we have just what you need!!! A pitcher of Hibiscus Infused Honey Lemonade!! Use our Hibiscus Infused Honey instead of sugar when making lemonade and enjoy a whole new experience of cooling off!

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