Brookside Bees is a family-owned apiary in Brookside Village, Texas, a small Brazoria County community tucked inside the Pearland area just south of Houston. This is small-scale beekeeping in the most literal sense: the honey comes from the family’s own backyard hives, and customers can see exactly where it was made — a level of transparency that’s hard to find in a grocery aisle.
That transparency is the whole point. Much of the honey sold in stores is blended, imported, or ultra-processed to the point that little of its original character survives. Brookside Bees positions itself as the opposite: real, pure, raw honey produced in Texas by a Texas beekeeper, bottled close to the hive without shortcuts. For Pearland-area families who want to know their honey’s actual origin, the source is a short drive away.
More Than Honey
Beyond honey sales, Brookside Bees offers swarm removal and queen bee services. If a honey bee swarm clusters on a fence line or tree in the Pearland area — most common during the Texas swarm season from roughly March through June — a local beekeeper can collect the colony alive and give it a new home in a managed hive rather than leaving extermination as the only option. Terms for removal work are set by the beekeeper, so the best first step is a phone call describing what you’re seeing.
For backyard beekeepers, the queen services are a valuable local resource as well. Between the honey, the swarm help, and the expertise, Brookside Bees has become a genuine neighborhood asset for the Brookside Village and Pearland communities.