- Honey bees are key pollinators for 1/3 of our food, that pollination worth $15 billion to our food supply, being responsible for 3.5 million acres of crops.
- Practice environmental stewardship and increase the world population of bees experiencing a difficult era due to reduced habitat, pesticides, GMO’s, new mites and beetles, CCD, pollution, and even climate change.
- Thorough pollination produces increased quantity and quality of your home garden’s fruits, vegetables, and flowers, including increased seed and fruit production and more abundant blossoms, and pollination of many native plants.
- A well-managed hive, urban or rural, can produce 3-10 gallons of honey, local natural honey with unique benefits for your family or for marketing. Crafts, cosmetics, and polishes can be created from honey and beeswax.
- Beekeeping is fascinating, challenging, relaxing and a great family, youth group, or retired couple project that includes environmental awareness and animal husbandry.
Why Join the Pineywoods Beekeepers Association?
The Pineywoods Beekeepers Association established in 2001, PBA is comprised of hobbyist and commercial beekeeper members from several surrounding counties.
- Attend meetings which include educational and informative programs and speakers, panel discussions, equipment sourcing, and field days.
- Hands-on opportunity to learn basic and safe beekeeping at our annual Spring Bee School. Network with fellow beekeepers, keep up with regional techniques and use our free lending library of beekeeping videos. Learn about garden plants attractive to bees.
- Help maintain five PBA educational/honey harvest hives in Lufkin and a permanent observation hive at SFASU Mast Arboretum in Nacogdoches.
- Participate in community programs such as ‘Bugs, Bees, Butterflies & Blossoms’ and local festivals, demonstrating our four portable observation hives.
- Include your family at our meetings, Field Days, Summer Picnic, and Christmas Dinner. Annual dues, of only $10 for an entire family, include our PBA Newsletter.
- Be our guest at meetings the second Thursday evening of each month to see if beekeeping is for you!
