Membership has its rewards

Fun Fact #6

The honeybee can fly for up to six miles and as fast a 1.5 miles per hour.

Please consider joining Us.

We are a friendly group of both hobby and professional beekeepers located around the Brenham area. We meet the 4th Thursday of every month (except November and December) at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Our members include beekeepers with over 75 years of experience and newbees that may or not have bees yet. Regardless of your experience or level of expertise, our members are always willing to share what works for them, their stories (both successes and mishaps), and a word or two of encouragement.

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What our members have to say…

Stan Gore

Member for ~5 years

I like the family feel about CTBA. So many humble folks that are willing to simply share experiences and techniques and help and build each other up.. instead of having to make a buck on everything.

I currently have over 100 hives and also have 5 additional out-yards in a few counties. I am a small hive beekeeper. I run mostly single brood chambers and am partial to Apimaye hives due to the insulation factor and maintenance-free aspect. I raise a few queens, and I am on the advisory board of Hives For Heroes. We save bees and save vets by connecting veterans to mentors in their local areas to provide purpose and healthy relationships throughout the US. The bee school is a plus for the club. The spring event draws hundreds of people who are interested in learning more about beekeeping. I love that we pray at each meeting and are not ashamed of Christ. –I am a disciple of Christ disguised as a beekeeper. 🙂

Robert Peebles

Member for 3 years

After joining my knowledge has gone up exponentially and I have about 30 colonies now with plans to grow even more. There is always excellent information provided at every meeting…

…but the real eye-opener is the knowledge that is shared from all the other members during a simple meal! Now I look forward to our monthly meetings and getting together with friends. When I started keeping bees 4 years ago I simply read books and watched videos and kept a few colonies for the first year but I did not really know what I was doing or have any confidence. It was mentioned to me to join a local bee club and so I joined the CTBA.

Thank you to everyone that runs the CTBA!

Anita & Patrick Lyons

Members for 10 years

So many of the members there have kept bees most of their lives and they are a treasure trove of information. Sharing a meal enables us to gather many excellent opinions on all bee related topics.

Plus everyone there is just as sweet as the bees’ honey. We live over an hour and a half away from Brenham but it is well [worth] the drive to learn from other beekeepers. Like all beekeepers, we have lost bees to the extreme heat and the severe cold. We currently have 5 hives and hope the weather holds up to make some splits next year.

Old or new at beekeeping? Join us in Brenham and enjoy a fantastic meeting every month.

Our board members

Karl Cottrell

President

Karl and his wife Diane have been hobby beekeepers for about seven years. They became involved in CTBA after attending their first bee school in 2017. Karl took on the task of organizing the CTBA Bee School speakers for the 2020 school and became the Vice President in 2021. He assumed the role of President in. 2022.

Bob Schmitz

Vice President

After buying some land in 2013, Bob ordered his first two packages of bees in early 2018 and attended my first Central Texas Bee School in March of that year. His main reasons for having bees is to 1) increase the pollination chances for my fruit trees, berries and garden vegetables 2) provide the means for acquiring Agriculture Value exemption (which should be possible in 2024)

Bob has volunteered in many areas over the years: he has been a youth soccer coach and club president and taught elementary and junior high students about entrepreneurial endeavors.

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