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Texas bee exemptions, county by county.

Find your county’s hive counts, recordkeeping guidance, and appraisal district resources. Keep your existing bee exemption’s records in good order.

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Published standards and local resources

Hill Country and surrounding counties

Local hive counts, useful records, and district guidance for 25 counties.

Bandera 3 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Bell 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2023 Blanco 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Burnet 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Comal 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Coryell 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Crockett 3 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Edwards 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Gillespie 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Hays 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Kendall 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Kerr 5 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Kimble 1 active hive / first 5 qualifying acres Lampasas 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Llano 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Mason 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres McCulloch 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Menard 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Real 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres San Saba 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Schleicher 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2023 Sutton 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Travis 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Val Verde 5 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Williamson 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres

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Anderson Local guidance Andrews Local guidance Angelina Local guidance Aransas Local guidance Archer Local guidance Armstrong Local guidance Atascosa Local guidance Austin Local guidance

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Bailey Local guidance Bandera 3 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Bastrop Local guidance Baylor Local guidance Bee Local guidance Bell 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2023 Bexar Local guidance Blanco 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Borden Local guidance Bosque Local guidance Bowie Local guidance Brazoria Local guidance Brazos Local guidance Brewster Local guidance Briscoe Local guidance Brooks Local guidance Brown Local guidance Burleson Local guidance Burnet 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres

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Dallam Local guidance Dallas Local guidance Dawson Local guidance Deaf Smith Local guidance Delta Local guidance Denton Local guidance DeWitt Local guidance Dickens Local guidance Dimmit Local guidance Donley Local guidance Duval Local guidance

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Eastland Local guidance Ector Local guidance Edwards 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres El Paso Local guidance Ellis Local guidance Erath Local guidance

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Falls Local guidance Fannin Local guidance Fayette Local guidance Fisher Local guidance Floyd Local guidance Foard Local guidance Fort Bend Local guidance Franklin Local guidance Freestone Local guidance Frio Local guidance

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Gaines Local guidance Galveston Local guidance Garza Local guidance Gillespie 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Glasscock Local guidance Goliad Local guidance Gonzales Local guidance Gray Local guidance Grayson Local guidance Gregg Local guidance Grimes Local guidance Guadalupe Local guidance

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Irion Local guidance

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Jack Local guidance Jackson Local guidance Jasper Local guidance Jeff Davis Local guidance Jefferson Local guidance Jim Hogg Local guidance Jim Wells Local guidance Johnson Local guidance Jones Local guidance

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Karnes Local guidance Kaufman Local guidance Kendall 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Kenedy Local guidance Kent Local guidance Kerr 5 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Kimble 1 active hive / first 5 qualifying acres King Local guidance Kinney Local guidance Kleberg Local guidance Knox Local guidance

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La Salle Local guidance Lamar Local guidance Lamb Local guidance Lampasas 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Lavaca Local guidance Lee Local guidance Leon Local guidance Liberty Local guidance Limestone Local guidance Lipscomb Local guidance Live Oak Local guidance Llano 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Loving Local guidance Lubbock Local guidance Lynn Local guidance

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Nacogdoches Local guidance Navarro Local guidance Newton Local guidance Nolan Local guidance Nueces Local guidance

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Ochiltree Local guidance Oldham Local guidance Orange Local guidance

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Palo Pinto Local guidance Panola Local guidance Parker Local guidance Parmer Local guidance Pecos Local guidance Polk Local guidance Potter Local guidance Presidio Local guidance

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Rains Local guidance Randall Local guidance Reagan Local guidance Real 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Red River Local guidance Reeves Local guidance Refugio Local guidance Roberts Local guidance Robertson Local guidance Rockwall Local guidance Runnels Local guidance Rusk Local guidance

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Sabine Local guidance San Augustine Local guidance San Jacinto Local guidance San Patricio Local guidance San Saba 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Schleicher 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2023 Scurry Local guidance Shackelford Local guidance Shelby Local guidance Sherman Local guidance Smith Local guidance Somervell Local guidance Starr Local guidance Stephens Local guidance Sterling Local guidance Stonewall Local guidance Sutton 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Swisher Local guidance

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Tarrant Local guidance Taylor Local guidance Terrell Local guidance Terry Local guidance Throckmorton Local guidance Titus Local guidance Tom Green Local guidance Travis 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Trinity Local guidance Tyler Local guidance

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Upshur Local guidance Upton Local guidance Uvalde Local guidance

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Val Verde 5 active hives / first 5 qualifying acresAssociation-reported · 2024 Van Zandt Local guidance Victoria Local guidance

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Walker Local guidance Waller Local guidance Ward Local guidance Washington Local guidance Webb Local guidance Wharton Local guidance Wheeler Local guidance Wichita Local guidance Wilbarger Local guidance Willacy Local guidance Williamson 6 active hives / first 5 qualifying acres Wilson Local guidance Winkler Local guidance Wise Local guidance Wood Local guidance

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Yoakum Local guidance Young Local guidance

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Zapata Local guidance Zavala Local guidance

Texas law includes beekeeping in agricultural use on 5 to 20 qualifying acres. Districts apply local intensity standards. A county without published hive figures here is not a county where bee appraisal is prohibited.

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