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Reflecting on a year of Sizzle while looking ahead Last June, we were anxiously awaiting the birth of our first issue of Seguin Sizzle. After months of planning and design, wringing of hands and pulling of hair, we delivered our first effort. And you embraced it. It truly was and has continued to be a labor of love for us.

Well, here we are a year later, celebrating the first issue of our second edition.

Time really flies when you’re having fun, and I can’t tell you how much we’ve enjoyed bringing you Seguin’s only lifestyle magazine.

There have certainly been changes along the way. Our cover logo has changed a little, and we’ve experimented with color on the front. We’ve played with inside spreads. We’ve changed editors. Features have come and gone, or morphed, if you will, into something else. We’ve tried to provide a variety of stories from a variety of contributors. We’ve gone from 32 pages in the first issue, to 40. We probably should have gone to 48 with this one, and certainly will next time.

What hasn’t changed is our focus on providing a magazine unique to Seguin and Guadalupe County. We publish Sizzle for locals who are interested in food, fashion, fitness, hobbies and entertainment. This issue takes a look at painting with a twist, staycations, a different kind of buzz, and more.

We couldn’t do it without the support of our readers, contributors, and advertisers. Thank you. As always, we welcome your comments, suggestions, feedback, and criticism. We’re brainstorming ideas for our next issue, so if you’ve got a story idea, give us a call or email us at sizzle@seguingazette.com.

What are you waiting for? Come on in and enjoy your magazine, Seguin!

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Each year thousands of people from around the area line Austin Street and watch as the Biggest Small Town Fourth Of July Parade marches by. Beginning at 10 p.m. on July 4, more than 150 parade entries will wind their way down Austin Street, starting at College Street and finishing at the Seguin Coliseum.

Linemen from across the state head to Nolte Island to compete in the annual Texas Linemen’s Rodeo including teams representing the city of Seguin and GVEC on July 18.

The linemen and apprentices show off their skills for a chance to win the state title and represent Texas at the National Linemen’s Rodeo.

Wrapping up the Summer Concert Series will be the San Antonio Symphonic Band. The patriotic music that will fill the air on June 28 is geared toward getting the community ready for the city’s Independence Day celebrations that include the Biggest Small Town Fourth of July Parade and the fireworks display. summer, well done ~ Sizzle 5

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On Aug. 1 the Marion Sausage Supper brings the community together for a day-long event that includes a trade days, live and silent auctions. On Sept. 6, the New Berlin Sausage Festival will kick off with homemade sausage dinners, as well as live and silent auctions.

In Texas, Friday nights are sacred and in Seguin and Guadalupe County that is no exception. On August 28, the Seguin Matadors, Navarro Panthers, Marion Bulldogs and Lifegate Falcons hit the gridiron for their first game of the 2015 season.

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Jessica Limmer is the former news editor for the Seguin Gazette and now her column moves to the pages of the quarterly magazine Seguin Sizzle in the form of Well Done.

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s a lifelong beach-lover, I had high expectations for the California coast. At 15, my family traveled to the San Diego area to visit my aunt and her family. Our second day there, I donned my leopard print bikini and trotted into the Pacific Ocean.

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I expected a warm embrace like I always received from the Gulf. Instead, the Pacific’s chilly blue swells shoved me back on the shore. The sand wasn’t the powder soft stuff of Padre Island but rougher shells and rocks.

I retreated to the beachside McDonald’s (unheard of on Texas beaches) with a frown and a rash from the sand.

“It’s nice and all,” I told my aunt. “But I think I like Corpus better.”

There’s something about being by the sea that is therapeutic to me. In the usually-tranquil Gulf or the wilder open ocean, there are always surprises. The swell of the waves, the color of the sky and the creatures pulled by fishing lines from the depths – it’s all a mystery.

Though people have been drawn to explore the water since time immemorial, there’s so much of the marine world that remains unknown.

In fact, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 95 percent of the undersea world remains unexplored.

I’ve been feeling the call of the sea pretty strongly lately. I’ve just made it through about 10 months of standardized test prep and general 7th-grade drama, and I could really stand to get my toes in the sand right now.

Until I can make it back to the beach, this recipe for shrimp tacos will have to work.

Shrimp tacos with avocado salsa cook up quickly on the grill and are lighter than beef. The recipe is adapted from a version created by Jennifer Segal, of “Once Upon a Chef.” I cooked medium shrimp on skewers on the grill. You could also use larger shrimp without the skewer or cook any size in a sauté pan. The salsa isn’t too wild, so add a few dashes of hot sauce or a spicier breed of pepper, if you prefer.

Whether you dream of California or you are content with closer waters, a tropical feast might tide you over until you can get your dose of salt and sun.

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Geronimo Creek Resort offers tree houses (left) and teepees (above) for guest to stay in.

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By Felicia Frazar

ing getaway resort, there is a little something for everyone.

s school ends for the summer, families look to have a get-away-from-it-all vacation. Some choose to go to far, while others may decide to stay close to home.

Many call these mini-vacations “staycations.”

And while there is plenty to do in surrounding areas, there is a lot to do and see in Seguin.

From park picnics to a glamp-

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When planning a staycation geta-way, families should consider a small resort located on Geronimo Creek just north of town.

Geronimo Creek Retreat, on Laubach Road, features unique and comfortable cabins for what some call glamping (glamorous camping).

Along the creek, there are a pair of tree-house structures each housing two separate cabins. Addition-

ally, in the middle of the four-acre property is a three-bedroom, twobathroom house, and in the back, five teepees.

“We have 10 units total on the property,” Patrick O’Toole, Geronimo Creek Retreat property manager, said. “Here you can sit back, relax.

It is like rustic elegance.”

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ZDT’s Amusement Park offers thrillseekers many options, including the Dizzy Tucan (right). The park is adding a rollercoaster later this summer.

which is how they got their start, O’Toole said.

“They started this property with the tree houses,” he said. “I think it all really stemmed from the tree house, which was the original idea, and then the owner researched and read into the cost efficiencies of building the teepees and went all in with it. The success of having them featured on this property geared us in the direction to continue to pursue them.”

All of the units come fully stocked with kitchen appliances, cooking and grilling utensils, central heating and air conditioning, beds and gorgeous views, O’Toole said.

The retreat’s teepees are large one-room structures that are fully enclosed and offer a unique opportunity for glamping, O’Toole said.

“Every unit has its own fire pit, lawn furniture, picnic table, grill,” he said. “Inside, each has three memory foam mattresses, AC, kitchenette.

They are fully furnished — TV, DVD player, dish set up, coffee essentials, induction cooktops, grilling equipment. The only area that doesn’t have wifi are the teepees.”

The only thing that is not included in the teepees are bathrooms. But a bathhouse with five individual bathrooms is nearby, O’Toole said.

“The bathhouses for the teepees have something very similar to the bathrooms in the cabins,” he said.

“They are really nice fully stocked and include a large, walk-in shower.”

Separating the teepees from the front half of the property is a small pond, O’Toole said.

“The pond is good for fishing,” he said. “You can swim in it, but we put a dye in it so its not really recommended.”

In the middle of the lot is the house that offers three bedrooms and two full bathrooms to guests if they prefer that to a tree house or a teepee, O’Toole said.

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set on coming out here to experience the teepees or in an elevated cabin.

Sometimes people just want to be out here to experience the property, and they stay here.”

The property is only about five minutes from town.

“It is secluded but not completely disjointed from the real world,” O’Toole said.

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Fun and excitement are available in the heart of the city.

ZDT’s Amusement Park, 301 W.

Kingsbury St., is a family-friendly center full of games and rides to entertain all ages.

“It is designed to entertain a wide age range so that the parents and the kids can all have fun here,” owner Sarah Donhauser said.

From the Dizzy Toucan to the two story go-kart track and everything in between there is something for everyone, Donhauser said.

However Donhauser said ZDT has a feature attraction coming soon.

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new roller coaster,” she said. “It will be a unique coaster. It is the only wooden shuttle coaster in the world.”

If guests want to spend the whole day at the park they can either bring their lunch or eat at the cafe inside the main building, Donhauser said.

“If you are looking at trying to save some money you can bring your own picnic for the outdoor park or we have delicious food for purchase indoors,” she said.

TRAVEL THROUGH TIME

A trip down history lane may be just what is needed when planning to stay in the area.

And the Seguin Conservation Society offers just that with their six properties.

Heritage Village, in the 200 block of Live Oak Street, houses Los Nogales Museum, the Dietz Doll House, Seguin’s First Church and Bell Tower and the Campbell-Hoermann Log Cabin.

Each offers unique insight to the history of Seguin.

Los Nogales Museum, built in 1849, was the first acquisition of the Seguin Conservation Society, as Virginia Woods fought to save one of the oldest structures in Seguin in 1951.

It became the birthplace of the Seguin Conservation Society.

The Dietz Doll House, which is next door to the museum, was built in 1910 by Louis Dietz for his adopted daughter.

In the house, the conservation society houses and displays a variety of dolls.

The Campbell-Hoermann Log Cabin, built 1850, demonstrates the type of housing that could have been found in Seguin in its early years.

Next to the log cabin is Seguin’s First Church, built in 1849 and was the home for all denominations.

There is also the Moore House at 703 Johnson St. — a Victorian Queen Anne style that was home to John Moore, who furnished two horses to friend Theodore Roosevelt.

The historic Stephen and Mary Birch Texas Theatre served as a movie house and has since been renovated and turned into stage for theatrical performances.

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The bowling alley, at 308 S. State Highway 46, offers fun for the whole family either on the lanes or in a game room.

Seguin has a number of parks that offer a variety of fun.

If resources are limited, a picnic in the park with a playscape is just around the corner.

Starcke Park, the city’s largest in the parks system, is full of opportunities to have fun.

The west side of the park is home to Seguin’s first dog park — Barky Park — the Starcke Park Golf Course, tennis courts, basketball courts, sand vollyball courts, a small playscape for younger children, picnic tables along the Guadalupe River, barbecue pit and access to the river above the dam.

The east side has a new, inclusive playscape for all children — including those with disabilities — the Little League Fields, a walking trail, river access for below the dam, a large pavilion, and smaller pavilions for barbecues and picnics.

Starcke Park East also is home to the Seguin Wave Pool.

If cooling off and taking a dip in the pool for a little fun in the sun is on the agenda, the Wave Pool has it all.

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Linda Williams, of Seguin, vacuums a jacket as she processes it for museum storage at the SeguinGuadalupe County Heritage Museum in Seguin.

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By Ron Maloney own at the end of the hallway on the second floor is that closet back under the eaves where stuff piles up that nobody uses.

Open the door and you can smell the mustiness of the place or maybe the highly mediciney smell of mothballs or moth flakes that used to permeate our grandparents’ places and probably did the most to demonstrate a dedication to preservation.

There are racks of old coats, sweaters and other clothes, probably things that were draped on unpadded hangers. Bags of shoes. Boxes of old papers. Tucked back into a corner is grandpa’s World War II footlocker with a treasure trove of old uniforms, trinkets, letters home and military souvenirs that hasn’t been open in decades.

A lot of what’s there doesn’t matter much.

But the military uniforms, dad’s old Little League gear and the military papers and medals just might — if some-

one only knew how best to preserve them.

And that’s not just a problem for a person who’s trying to preserve a family legacy.

John Gesick, director of the Heritage Museum in Seguin, said the problem of how to preserve collections, particularly collections of old clothing, cloth or papers, is a basic one of museums everywhere.

So when Gesick learned late last year from Martha Winslow Grimm that the Costume Society of American Angels was holding its annual National Symposium in San Antonio this year and was considering holding its 2015 workshop here in Seguin, he was immediately interested.

“Each year the Society meets in different locations, and they select a museum in the area and hold a fullday workshop for preserving costumes, textiles and accessories collections,” Gesick said. “With their experts and members they offer assistance and training of the museum’s staff in the preservation and cleaning of textiles and labeling and rehousing artifacts.

They also include basic conservation treatments and more.”

And that’s what happened on a Tuesday in May. Museum and Seguin Conservation Society volunteers enjoyed a day learning how to preserve old papers and clothing — assisting with cleaning, folding and storing wedding dresses, military clothing from the Spanish-American War and other items up to the present, including sports uniforms, letter jackets, sweaters, flags, doll clothes, quilts and gloves, among many others.

Grimm and a colleague, Margaret Ordoñez took a little time out of preparing for the May 26 Seguin event to talk about their field, their group and impart a few hints about caring for old clothing or documents.

“What I do is I coordinate the Costume Society of America’s Angels Project,” Grimm said. “I’m a costume conservator.”

The CSA’s membership is largely made up of college professors with expertise in clothing and textiles or museum curators.

It was established in 1973 to meet a need in museums across the country, Ordoñez said. The American Institute of Conservation concentrated on “hard” artifacts, and the Costume Society of America sought to stimulate scholarship, encourage study in the field and disseminate information on the field while raising its profile.

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and management skills, and to work in a team environment with other members to help preserve a deserving collection.

This year’s site, the Heritage Museum, worked with the CSA to develop a plan for an intensive project that meets the most important needs of the collection.

For most collections, including the clothing and paper artifacts here in Seguin, those needs are protecting a collectible item from UV light and dust.

“For textiles, the two most damaging things are the UV spectrum of light and dust in particular,” Grimm said.

Acidic paper, water or moisture and insect damage are not far behind.

“It affects just about everything in our collection in one form or another,” Gesick said. “Clothing and textiles predominately, but the principles are the same.” When it comes to artwork, watercolors are the most fragile, Grimm said.

“Humidity and UV light are very damaging to fabrics and to dyes,” she said. Textiles or papers can be protected in acid-free sheathings or by other means.

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on florescent lights,” Grimm said. “We want only five foot-candles of light to touch articles in a museum.

How much light is that?

“It’s very dim,” Grimm said.

Ordoñez said the necessary supplies are donated by businesses in the industry — in Seguin’s case that’s Gaylord Archival and University Products, both of which support the CSA. And some monetary funding is provided through donations and by the CSA’s endowment.

Local staff and volunteers get basic training in museum standards, and CSA members provide expertise. The

Heritage Museum connected CSA with the Mosheim Mansion and got them food during their overnight stay in Seguin.

And they came in from all over.

Rhode Island, Georgia, San Francisco, Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts and Oregon were among the homes claimed by 19 members who came to Seguin — including four from Texas, one of them a retired curator for the Witte Museum.

This year’s was the 10th outing for the Angel Project. One of them, 2008’s trip to the Jackson Barracks Military Museum in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a labor of love for a museum ruined by Hurricane Katrina. The storm breached a levee and dumped muddy, nasty water about 20 feet deep into the old military community, destroying it and most everything in it. It took eight years and something on the order of $325 million to rebuild the Antebellum barracks, 1830s armory and the museum and much of its collection was lost — literally washed out into the fetid and muddy streets.

Stabilizing and then conserving the remainder was a challenging busi-

A vintage Seguin Fire Department helmet sits waiting to be processed for museum storage.

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ness, Grimm recalled — one that is still ongoing today even though the museum reopened in 2013. More than 400 weapons have been cleaned and stabilized, but await restoration, as do a number of the museum’s vehicles, aircraft and heavier weapons. Included in the new exhibits will be a Louisiana National Guard UH-60 “Huey” helicopter that became entangled on the roof of the museum and had to be abandoned there during the Katrina rescue effort. Volunteers picked up what they could find in the flood’s aftermath.

“They pulled all the uniforms and artifacts out of the mud, put them on perforated baking trays and hosed them to get all the dirt off,” Grimm said. “That’s not accepted museum triage, but they were in an emergency and had to get the dirt off of them. We found a concrete block building to store stuff in and just made do.”

The museum lost eight filing cabinets full of irreplaceable documents, although it managed to save of dozens of volumes that list all of Louisiana’s fighters from the Civil War. Its collection is reportedly one-third what it was — and growing all the time as museum workers and volunteers work to conserve and restore the collection.

And, on a smaller scale, that’s what’s happening at the Heritage Museum. Gesick said staff and volunteers would be able to keep irreplaceable memorabilia and Texiana that includes clothing and documents — in the very place where important wars were fought for independence with Mexico and the Native Americans who were here before the Mexicans or the the Texans.

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A whole lot of fun and a one-of-a-kind masterpiece to take home!

That’s just what the Sizzle creative department decided to do. “We wanted to do a feature for the magazine about canvas painting parties. They’re really popular and we’re lucky to have that option here in Seguin,” graphic designer Desiree Gerland said.

At You’re So Crafty in downtown Seguin, aspiring artists and novices alike can try their hand at one of the hottest party options around. They offer Paint n Sip parties for up to 10 participants and supply the canvas plus all art supplies needed. Guests bring their own snacks and beverages – adult or not. Birthday parties, fundraisers for area non profit organizations and ladies nights out are just some of the events they have hosted. Open seating events are also popular if you don’t have a special occasion and just want to paint without having to organize something yourself.

Shop owner Dana Overstreet purchased a scrapbook store in 2007 and added Paint Your Own Pottery, mosaics, beads and yarn.

“I have always wanted to own a craft store. The opportunity surprised me when it came up, but I just went with my gut and knew that my vision of offering quality crafting supplies, along with a fun place to hang out and get crafty, would be successful,” she said. “We added the Paint n Sip canvas parties about a year-and-a-half ago because I wanted Seguinites to have something fun to do right here in downtown Seguin.”

The building, built in the 1800’s, is full of character. “It used to be the newspaper office long ago,” Overstreet said.

“The majority of parties have a common painting that each participant creates in about two hours. The shop has about 40 summer, well done ~ Sizzle 25

Desiree Gerland and Cassie Cantu ready to start painting.

options to choose from or they can create a custom design – just for you. The Paint Your Pet party option is more intensive and requires one to two extra hours to complete,” Overstreet said.

The artistic talent behind the parties is instructor Brandi Atchley, a self-taught artist and graphic designer.

“I’ve been drawing and painting since I was little.

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with people in the area. It’s so rewarding to bring out someone’s talent by showing them the things they can create with paint,” she said.

Advanced preparation is needed for the Paint Your Pet parties. After receiving the pet photos, Atchley enlarges and sketches or traces them onto a canvas. This group had the option of painting a realistic or “pop-art” rendition of their pet. When they arrived, they found a canvas with a sketched outline of their pet and a prepainted example to go by. After putting on aprons, paint and brushes were distributed.

The Sizzle team was joined by members of You’re So Crafty’s Sit n Stitch knitting/crochet group.

“I’ve been wanting to try it out and heard that a Paint Your Pet event was coming up,” Tina Real said.

Her mother, Donna Wiley, and sister, Denise Erlanson, rounded out the group.

Atchley gave out basic instructions and then was able to wander from canvas to canvas.

“We’re here to help, show you what to do, step-bystep,” she said. “I’m lucky to have my dad, Ollie Morris, help out today. He’s a retired art teacher and can offer suggestions to the painters. He’s great with eyes Everyone’s afraid to paint the eyes.”

Cassie Cantu painted her Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix, Joey, in a “pop-art” style.

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energetic,” Cantu said.

While most painted their dogs, Gerland went with a different animal altogether. Sheldon, a 2-year-old flame point Siamese, was the only cat painted.

“He has a lot of personality and thinks he’s a dog. I decided that his portrait needed to be nontraditional colors because he has so many colors in his personality; I wanted the painting to reflect that,” Gerland said.

As the party drew to a close, everyone agreed that the overall

experience was so much fun and their finished paintings turned out better than they imagined.

The group gathered for a photo before the new works of art were taken home to be displayed.

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By Charlie Agar

Honeybees polliare vital polli nators to a healthy ecosystem, and despite recent pressures and losses of hives all across the U.S., beekeepers in Central Texas are doing all they can to keep local honeybees in buzz-ness.

A retired firefighter and former IT professional in Kyle, Glenn Whitaker’s interest in bees has blossomed in a few short years to an apiary of more than 30 hives on farm and ranch properties across the area.

“I’m the kind of guy that likes new stuff thrown at him,” Whitaker said.

He first became interested in beekeeping when fielding emergency

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calls to the firehouse from homeowners dealing with bees. He then met a beekeeper and went out on a few swarm calls, and eventually bought his own bee suit and set of basic gear to get started.

Whitaker got involved with the San Marcos Area Bee Wranglers, a group of bee enthusiasts who meet regularly to share ideas and resources. The group also hosts a Yahoo! user group where they triage requests for swarm and nuisance hive removal.

“It’s a good idea if you know another beekeeper to work with,” Whitaker says. “There’s a lot of stuff on the Internet, but you cannot replace somebody

A close-up of a beehive frame where worker bees are busy storing honey in white-capped cells on the edges and drawing wax comb in the center where the queen bee will lay eggs.

showing you how to do it.”

Whitaker now augments his retirement income performing “cutouts” of beehives rooted in walls and trees or collecting honey from his many hives and selling it at farmer’s markets.

Working with bees offers unique challenges and requires a keen sense of observation and quick adaptation, Whitaker says, a little bit like the excitement of being a firefighter.

“They move into all kinds of stuff, and you’ve got to figure out how to get them out,” Whitaker said.

A “swarm” refers to a group of bees that has broken off from an established hive, following a newly raised queen to seek out a new place to make a colony, Whitaker said. Swarms of bees typically latch onto the branch of a tree or onto the side of a building or eve. There

they bide their time until scout bees can go out and find a suitable place to establish the new hive.

Swarms are typically docile because they are not protecting any honey or offspring. Wearing an all-body protective suit with mesh mask, beekeepers can readily capture a swarm by simply brushing the cluster of bees into a bee box, which is the very kind of environment the swarm is looking for. So long as the beekeeper is able to capture the queen, the rest of the workers typically follow right into the hive.

Alternately, a beekeeper can acquire a new hive doing a “cutout” of an established nuisance hive in the wall of a building, a tree, barbecue or other covered area. Cutouts present more of a challenge in that the bees are producing honey and brood and have

no intention of leaving, so they must be literally “cut out,” a process that often requires some demolition work and sometimes tricky removal of honeycomb and bees.

Beekeepers often charge a fee to remove established hives.

Whitaker performed a recent cutout at a batting cage facility where there was danger to young families and visitors. The owner wanted the bees removed but didn’t want to see them eradicated with chemicals, which is where Whitaker stepped in.

“They were in a panic,” Whitaker said of the client. The bees had established a hive in a large ceilingmounted speaker, and Whitaker rode a scissor lift up to the twostory ceiling in order to detach and lower the speaker and then take the hive to a more secluded corner of the property. summer, well done ~ Sizzle 29

Glenn Whitaker, a beekeeper in Kyle, uses a smoker to calm bees before opening one of his hives. Forest fire is a common trouble to bees, so when they detect smoke they fill up their honey stomachs with stores in anticipation of escape. Full bellies make the bees docile.

From there, Whitaker removed the honeycomb and scooped the bees into a hive box, where the bees eventually got settled. He later closed up the ventilated box and took the new hive to one of his rural bee yards.

WHAT ABOUT “AFRICANIZED BEES?”

Honeybees are not native to the U.S., according to the website of the Backyard Beekeeper’s Association.

Before Europeans arrived in North America, all pollination was left to solitary tree- and ground-dwelling bees that were later supplanted by European strains of honeybees introduced to the U.S. European honeybees typically are docile, protecting just a small area

around the opening of the hive, and have long been the staple in US apiaries.

“Africanized” bees came to Texas and southern parts of the U.S. from Brazil in recent years, and today many bees in the region are Africanized or a hybrid, Whitaker said.

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Some Texas beekeepers purchase (via mail order) European bees, but many Texas beekeepers like Whitaker have adapted to working with the more-aggressive Africanized and hybrid varieties now common to the region.

“I’ve never bought a bee. There’s too many free ones out there,” Whitaker said.

While most wild hives are easy to work with, occasionally he’ll collect a more aggressive colony. Whitaker

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simply ensures that his bee suit is sound when working his hives, and he typically moves more aggressive colonies to remote bee yards on private land where he’s been granted permission.

Homeowners sometimes run into problems with bees when they accidentally disturb a wild hive while doing yard work or mowing. Whitaker warns people doing yard work to keep an eye out for bees and, once detected, reach out to a local bee removal expert.

If ever attacked by Africanized bees, Whitakers suggests getting away from the hive as quickly

as possible and retreating to an enclosed space such as a house or a vehicle. If in a vehicle, start the engine, crank up the AC and open the windows while driving away, he said.

“Don’t go jump in a pool,” Whitaker said, as Africanized bees will simply wait for you to surface and continue their attack.

Only once in his beekeeping career has Whitaker had to eradicate an aggressive hive, using a mixture of dish soap and water in a spray container to suffocate the nuisance colony.

BEEKEEPING 101

So if you’re not scared off by the challenge of Africanized Texas bees and the possibility of a few stings here and there, beekeeping is an accessible backyard hobby and a great way to help preserve this vital pollinator.

Plus, if you do it right, you come away with some delicious honey.

Whitaker suggests connecting with a local beekeeping club. At the San Marcos Area Bee Wrangler meetings you’ll

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Bees don’t like to be disturbed, so after opening a particularly defensive hive recently Kyle-based beekeeper Glenn Whitaker tries to give the bees some space as they trail along.

meet everyone from professional beekeepers to never-evers, Whitaker said, and there is always time at the end of the group meetings for questions.

Equipment essentials include a full-body suit, which come in a variety of styles, as well as thick gloves. Beekeepers typically carry a hive tool, which is a small flat bar for separating and prying frames, a soft “bee brush” for moving bees around, and every beekeeper must learn how to load and operate a bellowed bee smoker — the smoke alerts the bees to danger, making them fill their honey bladders and become docile.

It’s best to situate hives in a little-used part of a yard or ranch property, and opinions vary on full sun or partial shade, but bees must have a water source nearby, which they draw from to cool the hive, Whitaker said.

Bees can’t land on water and take off again so it is important that any water source have floating objects or a stick the bees can use to climb up out of the water.

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bees in the mail. When buying bees, you can either purchase a “package” of bees, which is typically a three-pound box of European bees with a queen in a separate cage, or an established hive called a “nuc” for “nucleus.”

In an active hive on one of Whitaker’s bee fields you’ll see a small cloud of bees near the entrance of each hive and the female workers coming and going. Bees are loaded with nectar they’ll turn into honey or have back legs weighed down with colorful pollen the bees use for protein.

Female worker bees perform a variety of tasks in the hive, while the male bees, drones, serve only to mate with the queen bee in her one-time mating flight.

Whitaker said he likes

to see the varied colors of pollen in each hive as an indicator of “where they’ve been shopping.”

Queens lay eggs into the cells, and it takes 21 days for a worker to emerge from an egg, Whitaker said. Newly hatched bees work inside the hive for roughly three weeks, building comb, moving materials, and guarding entry. Then they spend three weeks foraging and flying in a three-

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In winter, the male drones are all kicked out of the hive, and the queen and her attendants form a ball around the honey stores they’ve saved from the busy warmer months.

Other than the challenge of working Africanized bees, beekeepers in Texas also face the threat of small hive beetles that lays eggs in the honeycomb and destroys the hive. Beekeepers typically set traps to manage hive beetles, Whitaker said.

Mites, which are the scourge of

northern beekeepers and those who run the more docile European bee varieties, are less of a problem in Africanized bees.

Pesticides are also a threat, Whitaker said, but there’s more and more awareness, and while in the past people would often kill off bees with insecticides they now look to preserve or move a nuisance colony.

“Now there’s kind of a movement of people realizing that bees are important,” Whitaker said.

The best part of beekeeping, though, is the honey. Whitaker said

that one of his stronger hives regularly produces as much as eight gallons of honey in a year.

Whitaker loves offering free honey samples to customers at farmer’s markets just to see people’s faces as they “notice the difference right away” from the storebought variety. Each of his five separate bee yards yield a different color and taste of honey based on the forage in the area of the hive — some is darker brown and others clear. And many of his customers buy the honey for the purported benefit to allergy sufferers.

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