BeeWeaver Honey Farm

What BeeWeaver Honey Farm does

BeeWeaver Honey Farm is a Texas-based, family-owned beekeeping operation headquartered in Navasota, TX, continuously operating since 1888. The company sells Varroa-tolerant and virus-resistant queen bees, packaged bees, nucleus colonies, beekeeping supplies, honey, and bee-themed merchandise through its own e-commerce storefront (BeeGoods Mercantile), on-farm retail, USPS shipping, and farm pickup. Underlying the product is a proprietary breeding program — developed over more than 20 years under Dan Weaver and initiated by Binford Weaver in 1943 — that selects queens for Varroa destructor tolerance, virus resistance, and gentle temperament, eliminating the need for chemical mite treatments across the breeding population. The company also runs a multi-format agritourism layer spanning public hive tours, History & Honey Farm tours, group "Bees, Honey, Chat, Craft" events, the on-farm Loft at the Honey House overnight accommodation, and on-farm camping.

Name

BeeWeaver Honey Farm

Legal name

BeeWeaver Honey Farm

Website

https://beeweaver.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1888

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BeeWeaver Honey Farm is a Texas family-owned apiary, founded in 1888 in Navasota, that breeds and sells Varroa- and virus-resistant queen bees, packaged bees, honey, and beekeeping supplies, and operates tours, classes, lodging, and mead experiences on its farm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Beekeeping and Apiculture

NAICS

Apiculture (112910), Apiculture (11291), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240)

akta.pro primary industry

Honey Production & Extraction (AFAEAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bee Breeding & Genetics (Trait Selection, Stock Improvement) (AFAEAHAH), Beekeeping Equipment Manufacturing & Supply (Hives, Frames, Tools, PPE) (AFAEAHAI), Value-Added Bee Products Manufacturing (Candles, Cosmetics, Supplements, Mead Ingredients) (AFAEAHAM), Package Bees & Colony Sales (AFAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Honey bee breeding
• Queen bee sales
• Beekeeping supplies
• Local honey products
• Apiculture tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Navasota

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Queen and Bee Sales: Sale of grafted, reared, and selected BeeWeaver Queen bees. Queens are naturally mated, marked, clipped, and come with 6-8 attendant worker bees in a 3-hole queen cage with sugar candy. Also includes packaged bees and nucleus colonies (nucs).
2. Honey and Bee Products: Sale of honey products and bee-themed merchandise through the BeeGoods Mercantile. Includes honey, supplies, gear, and gifts/merchandise.
3. Farm Tourism and Experiences: Revenue from farm activities including Public Hive Tours, History & Honey Farm Tours, Bees/Honey/Chat/Craft events, overnight stays at The Loft at the Honey House, camping, and mead tasting experiences at WildFlyer Mead Co.
4. WildFlyer Mead Sales: Partnership with WildFlyer Mead Co (opened 2019) producing mead from BeeWeaver Honey. The company is involved in this sister company producing mead products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

BeeWeaver Honey Farm breeds and sells a proprietary Varroa mite and virus resistant line of honey bee queens (BeeWeaver Queens), packaged bees, and nucleus colonies, alongside locally produced honey, beekeeping supplies, and bee-themed merchandise. The company also operates agritourism experiences including guided hive tours, private beekeeping lessons, overnight farm stays, camping, and a partner meadery.

Product overview

BeeWeaver Honey Farm is a Texas-based beekeeping and honey production business operating since 1888. The company offers a diversified portfolio of products and services centered on honey bees, including the sale of BeeWeaver Queens (Varroa-tolerant, virus-resistant queen bees), packaged bees, nucs, and beekeeping equipment through their BeeGoods Mercantile store. The farm provides experiential tourism through guided hive tours, farm tours, and group experiences, as well as accommodations including The Loft at the Honey House and on-farm camping. A sister company, WildFlyer Mead & Beer Co., produces mead from BeeWeaver honey. Educational offerings include private beekeeping lessons, the BeeWeaver Stewardship Course, and extensive online resources through the BeeHelp Blog. The company also operates a loyalty program (Honey Money) and sells honey products, gifts, and bee-themed merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BeeWeaver Queens: The company's signature queen bee breeding line, known for Varroa mite and virus resistance, gentle temperament, and disease-resistant genetic traits.

Products and services

• BeeWeaver Queens Naturally mated, grafted, reared, and selected queen bees bred by BeeWeaver for Varroa mite tolerance, virus resistance, and gentle temperament. Each queen is marked and clipped by standard, comes with 6-8 attendant worker bees in a 3-Hole Queen cage with sugar candy, and is available for individual purchase or in bulk quantities (50+ or 100+) at discounted pricing. Designed for hobbyist, sideliner, and commercial beekeepers re-queening hives.
• Beekeeping Supplies and Equipment Tools and equipment for beekeeping including nuc nets, hive tools, smokers, veils, frame spacers, hive carriers, frame holders, bee brushes, and cappings scratchers, sold through the BeeGoods Mercantile store. Targets hobbyist and commercial beekeepers maintaining hives.
• Honey Products Local and exotic honey varieties including Wildflower Honey, Texas honey, and comb honey products sold through the BeeGoods store. Targets individual consumers seeking locally produced honey.
• Public Hive Tour Guided tour of bee hives offering visitors an up-close experience with live bees at work. Priced at $10 for ages 14+ and $7 for ages 4-13. Targets families, tourists, and experience-seeking consumers.
• History and Honey Farm Tour Educational tour covering the farm's history and honey production operations, priced at $7 for ages 4-13. Targets visitors and educational groups.
• Bees, Honey, Chat, Craft Group experience combining honey tasting, crafts, and beekeeping education with a $140 minimum fee for up to 10 guests and $15 per additional guest beyond 10. Targets groups, private events, and educational outings.
• WildFlyer Mead and Beer Co.
• The Loft at the Honey House Accommodation offering overnight stays at the bee farm, located above the commercial honey packing warehouse in a space converted from 1990s office space. Targets agritourism visitors and travelers seeking unique farm stays.
• Camping at BeeWeaver Honey Farm On-farm camping experience allowing visitors to stay overnight and enjoy the farm's natural surroundings. Targets agritourism visitors and outdoor enthusiasts.
• Private Beekeeping Lessons One-on-one beekeeping instruction available by reservation, recommended before queen and bee pickup or for customers needing additional support with their bees. Targets new and hobbyist beekeepers.
• BeeWeaver Stewardship Course Intensive beekeeping training course offered as a field trip experience for comprehensive beekeeping education, with limited space requiring advance booking. Targets aspiring and developing beekeepers.
• Gifts and Merchandise Bee-themed merchandise and gift items available through the BeeGoods Mercantile, including apparel, home goods, and collectibles. Targets gift shoppers and consumers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Re-queening success rate of 97% using standard queen introduction methods
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Texas Honey Bee FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership formed in 2019 with Chuck Reburn and Tanya Phillips of Bee Friendly Austin to open Texas Honey Bee Farm in Austin, TX. This sister company offers the same services as the Navasota headquarters (tours, queens, bees, honey, education) to Central Texas beekeepers and honey lovers.
• WildFlyer Mead CocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Jeff & Chelsea Murray to produce mead from BeeWeaver Honey. Opened in 2019 with tasting room and production space at the BeeWeaver Honey Farm in Navasota. Products go 'Bees to Barrel to Bottle' using locally sourced BeeWeaver Honey.
• AgForce (Jason Schickedanz)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDan Weaver partnered with Jason Schickedanz of AgForce to develop the Apiculture Pilot Insurance (API) rainfall insurance program for beekeepers. The program was eventually approved by USDA RMA and FCIC for nationwide implementation, providing crop insurance for honey, pollen collection, wax, and breeding stock.
• USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with USDA RMA and Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to design and gain approval for the Apiculture Pilot Insurance (API) rainfall insurance product for beekeepers across 48 continental states.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Betterbee: Beekeeping supply retailer selling queens, nucs, and a broad equipment catalog alongside educational content for hobbyists. Closely comparable to BeeWeaver's BeeGoods Mercantile retail-plus-education model with similar hobbyist customer base.
• Wildflower Meadows: Varroa-resistant queen breeder pursuing treatment-free beekeeping with selected mite-tolerant stock. Direct competitor to BeeWeaver in the niche of genetically resistant, no-chemical queen genetics marketed to hobbyist and sideliner beekeepers.
• Koehnen & Sons: Multi-generational California-based queen and package bee breeder serving commercial beekeepers. Comparable in genetics-focused business model, customer profile (commercial and sideliner operations), and seasonal live bee distribution channels.
• Olivarez Honey Bees: One of the largest U.S. queen and package bee breeders, producing Carniolan and Italian queens and nucs for commercial and hobbyist markets. Directly comparable to BeeWeaver's core queen/bee sales business with similar customer base across hobbyist to commercial segments.
• Kelley Beekeeping: Long-established (since 1924) U.S. beekeeping supplier selling queens, packaged bees, and a full line of equipment, apparel, and tools. Comparable across both the live-bee and equipment retail dimensions of BeeWeaver's diversified offering.

Broad incumbents

• GloryBee: Honey and beekeeping supply company with a wide retail and wholesale footprint including honey, ingredients, and beekeeping equipment. Comparable across the honey production, value-added bee products, and equipment retail dimensions of BeeWeaver's business.
• Vita Bee Health: Global bee health products company selling disease diagnostics and management products to beekeepers. Adjacent to BeeWeaver's bee-health positioning through complementary (treatment-based) approaches, sharing the same customer base of commercial and sideliner beekeepers.
• Brushy Mountain Bee Farm: Established U.S. beekeeping equipment and supplies retailer with strong hobbyist following. Overlaps BeeWeaver's BeeGoods Mercantile product range (tools, hive components, apparel) and educational content approach, though without a tour/agritourism business.
• Dadant & Sons: Veteran U.S. beekeeping manufacturer and supplier (since 1863) selling hives, tools, queens, and apparel. Comparable as a heritage supply brand with overlapping equipment and queen/bee offerings, though much broader geographic distribution.
• Mann Lake Ltd: Largest U.S. beekeeping supply company offering equipment, queens, honey processing, and apparel across hobbyist, sideliner, and commercial markets. Overlaps significantly with BeeWeaver's equipment and queen sales, but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/beeweaver
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/beeweaverapiariestexas
• Facebookfacebook.com/BeeWeaverHoneyFarm
• Instagraminstagram.com/beeweaverhoneyfarm
• Pinterestpinterest.com/beeweaverbuzz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/b-weaver-apiaries-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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