T Creek Bees & Honey

05/25/2026

I spent the day mowing and trimming the yards. It take two days to do a good job on them all. It’s been so wet and cool in SE Shawnee Co this spring that the grass has been winning. The bees look really good. Any colony that was strong by April 10 had nearly a full deep super of honey by Mother’s Day weekend. The nectar flow is a little slower right now but everything is set for the good flow we get in early June.

05/03/2026

Here Ashton is applying the comb honey supers. They will take 30 days to fill.

04/06/2026

We housed 140 splits today. Melissa Urich Andrew Myers and Ashton Moore worked the bees this afternoon as well. It was a beautiful day for the work.

03/23/2026

In my opinion, you are never too young to learn that you hate preparing comb honey supers. Ashton, Raegan and Kyndal put wax foundation into 50 shallow comb honey supers on Sunday. They did a great job. The bees will get to work on these about May 1.

03/08/2026

I’ve been working hives this afternoon. The average strong colony has 7-10 frames of bees and 4-5 frames of brood. I observed drone brood in most strong colonies either on the frames or between the boxes. All colonies have fresh pollen and some have nectar coming from somewhere. Losses will be about 8% for the winter. Overall, I’m very pleased. 

02/13/2026

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting Renate Rea, owner of Hillcreek Market in Lecompton, KS. Melissa Urich and I had lunch and then installed honey in the retail portion of the market. They have a nice selection of Kansas made products from SMR BBQ, Topeka BBQ Shop, and a few others I recognized.

02/08/2026

Ashton is starting his Super Bowl Sunday by boiling last year’s wax off the comb honey frames. Only 100 more boxes to go.

11/12/2025

The SHMS Intro to Ag students and their instructor Ms. Collins came to the T Creek honey building today for a tour. We inspected a colony, discussed colony health and examined a dead colony, looked at all the extracting equipment and bottled some honey. We also discussed the business aspects of running a honey company and entrepreneurship.

11/03/2025

This is the Spring 2026 T Creek Nuc Order Form. Order your bees today!

Availability: 73 of 75 nucs available Dear Beekeepers- Please use this form to order 2026 5-frame nucs. These nucs will contain five drawn frames, a laying Italian queen, bees, and brood of all stages. These nucs are made onsite in the T Creek bee yards east of Topeka, KS. Your bees will come in a d...

11/02/2025

Who says the youth won’t work? Kyndal helped with the afternoon portion of Saturday’s honey route. We learned about stocking, trading out crystallized bottles, speaking properly to managers, and how to write up an invoice.