Crafted by bees.
Harvested by veterans.

Outyard hive management

Your bees, your hives, your honey. I do the beekeeping.

You buy the hives and the bees; they are yours from day one and they stay on your land. What I sell is the labor and the judgment — placing the yard well, then inspecting and managing the colonies through the year so you never have to open a box yourself.

• Site walk and hive placement suited to your forage, water, and vehicle access
• Sourcing of hives, bees, and equipment, purchased by and titled to you
• Inspection and management on a schedule that follows the season
• Mite treatment, feeding through dearth and winter, and colony replacement as needed
• On-site honey harvest in July when the crop allows — the honey is yours, and this can be run as a family or company event

Two things I need from you: year-round access to the hives by two-wheel-drive vehicle, and a heads-up about pesticide spraying, livestock, or dogs near the yard.

Management agreement terms

What we both sign up for. Full agreement provided before your first payment.

• Management runs on an annual term, paid in advance each April. New yards are prorated to the April cycle.
• Hives, bees, boxes, and equipment are bought by you and remain your property throughout. If the agreement ends, they stay where they are — you keep them.
• Any honey your colonies produce belongs to you. I extract it; I do not take a share of it.
• Cancelling requires one year’s notice. Ending the agreement sooner incurs a $1,200 early termination fee.
• Honey production is never guaranteed. Whether a yard makes a surplus crop depends on flora and weather, and the bees are always left enough honey to overwinter.
• For an on-site July harvest, you provide the enclosed space and the jars. I bring all bee equipment and do the extraction.
• Additional costs — splits, queens, feed — are invoiced as they occur, not estimated up front.
• Old Waverly Honeybees is a sole proprietorship of Troy A. Yard. Liability is limited to amounts paid for the service in question. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas.

Old Waverly Honey

Raw, unfiltered, and unblended. Bottled from our own hives.

Nothing heated, nothing filtered, nothing added. It will crystallize on the shelf over time — that is what raw honey does, and warming the jar gently brings it back.

Jars are sold through our partner TnT Coffee Roasters, who handle the storefront, payment, and shipping.

16 oz jar — $20.00 USD. Shipping calculated at checkout by TnT Coffee Roasters.

Buy honey at TnT Coffee Roasters

Do not feed honey to infants under twelve months. Honey is sold as a raw agricultural product; no health or medical claim is made about it.

Pollination and swarm removal

Seasonal work around Walker County and the surrounding area.

Honeybees only. For wasps, hornets, or yellowjackets you will want a pest control company.

Refund and cancellation policy

Last updated September 2026.

• Before hives are placed. Cancel any time before placement and your annual management payment is refunded in full to the original payment method.
• Within 14 days of your first payment. Full refund of the management fee.
• After placement. The unused portion of the annual management term is refunded pro rata, less the early termination fee where it applies.
• Hives, bees, and equipment. These are your purchases, not a service fee. Once bees are installed they cannot be refunded, and they remain yours whatever happens to the management agreement.
• Queen and feed invoices. These cover work already completed and materials already bought, so they are not refundable. Ask for the receipts any time.
• Service bookings. Pollination and removal jobs cancelled more than 48 hours ahead are refunded in full. Inside 48 hours, the deposit is retained.
• Weather. If I have to cancel a scheduled visit, we reschedule at no charge to you.
• Timing. Refunds are issued within 5 business days. Your bank may take a few days more to post them.
• Honey jars are sold by TnT Coffee Roasters and fall under their refund policy.

To request a refund, email troy@oldwaverlyhoneybees.com or call 936-438-3262.

Privacy policy

Last updated September 2026.

I collect only what is needed to do the work: your name, email address, phone number, and the address of the property where hives are placed. Payment card details go directly to Stripe and are never seen or stored by me.

• Your information is never sold, rented, or traded.
• It is shared only with Stripe for payment processing, under Stripe’s privacy policy.
• Records are kept as long as tax law requires, then deleted.
• You get email about your own hives and invoices, nothing else, unless you ask to hear about the harvest.
• Ask to see or delete what I hold about you and I will handle it within 30 days.

Privacy questions go to troy@oldwaverlyhoneybees.com.

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