Learning beside his grandfather
Mike began learning beekeeping with his grandfather, Thomas Allen, building an early respect for bees, practical craft, and local customers.
Mike's Bees← Back to the home pageA family craft since 2010
Good honey starts with respect.
Respect for the bees. Respect for the work. Respect for every neighbor who brings a jar home or calls when a swarm appears. That is the tradition Mike carries forward.
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Where it began
Mike learned by working beside his grandfather.
What started with Thomas Allen in 2010 became a lifelong connection to bees, good ingredients, and Central Texas market life.
By 2011, the family's first honey brand—Z's Bees—was underway. The name has changed, but the guiding idea has not: keep the product natural, make it well, and treat every customer like a neighbor.
The journey
Built one season at a time.
Mike's Bees is not a borrowed farm story. It grew out of family experience, local markets, hands-on work, and years spent serving Central Texas neighbors.
Z's Bees takes shape
The family's first honey brand brought the harvest directly to neighbors and local markets.
A life connected to local markets
Mike later owned and operated the Killeen Farmers Market, working with growers, makers, and the people who support small Texas businesses.
Mike's Bees carries it forward
The current shop brings raw Texas wildflower honey, oatmeal soap, online ordering, and neighborly bee-removal help under one local brand.
What guides the work
Small-batch products. Straight answers. Local help.
Let the honey's seasonal color, flavor, and texture speak for the harvest.
Give customers clear product details, storage help, recipes, and honest ordering information.
Make it easy to ask a question, request bee-removal help, or speak directly with Mike.
A Central Texas business
Rooted here. Ready to serve.
Mike's Bees ships honey and oatmeal soap to U.S. addresses and helps with bee activity in Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Temple, Belton, and nearby communities.
Learn from the hive
There is more inside every jar.
Explore the raw honey guide or put the harvest to work with three easy recipes.