A former executive who ditched the corporate life for an escape to the Texas Hill Country created Spiral Horn Apiary. GONE were a six figure salary, days filled with meetings in sealed office buildings, a big house in a booming metropolis, over-scheduled kids and IN were a rural farm, a local population of a couple thousand, very real responsibilities to create and run a business on his own and the opportunity to connect with nature. He was ready for a new lifestyle on a ranch near San Saba where he, his wife, and two daughters could work hard, grow together, and build a family business.

In order to optimize the bees energy for making honey, the ranch's mesquite, pecan and oaks were supplemented with other native trees offering pollen and nectar for the bees.  Similarly, acres of native Texas wildflowers were met with newly planted Texas wildflowers. The habitat helps prevent bees from traveling further for pollen and nectar into areas where the organic environment may potentially be compromised by pesticides or other factors, impacting our honey bees' health and the purity of Spiral Horn Apiary products.

Started from just 50 hives and native Texas Queens in 2012, the Spiral Horn bee business quickly grew in numbers and importantly, honey.  Finishing 2014 with nearly 300 hives, and an additional 200 planned for 2015, we are well on our way to achieving our goal of 1,000 by 2017. 

Within the community, Spiral Horn Apiary is a vital local resource not only for delicious honey, all natural soaps and lotions, 100% pure beeswax candles but also serves the community by catching bee swarms and aids local officials with honey bee related issues.

The taste profile of Spiral Horn's honey is distinct and evolves throughout the year in tandem with nature and wildlife.  The family has grown partial to their very own aspect of the fruits of the bee's hard work.