Poppers Shoppe is the beekeeping business of Jim Ray – known around Georgetown as “Poppers” – handling honey bee removal and relocation across the Georgetown area. Alongside removal work, the shop sells local honey and can help landowners pursue an agricultural valuation with bees, a popular option for Williamson County acreage owners who would rather run a small apiary than livestock.
Removal work done properly
Jim Ray is registered with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service and insured for removals and cut-outs, and that paperwork matters more than it sounds. A proper cutout traces the colony inside the structure, removes bees and comb together, and seals the entry so a new swarm doesn’t move into the same void next spring. The shortcut – spraying the entrance and walking away – leaves honey and brood behind to melt, stain, and attract pests long after the bees are dead.
Georgetown anchors the northern edge of the Austin metro, and residents of Round Rock, Leander, Liberty Hill, Jarrell, and Sun City often turn to Georgetown-based beekeepers when bees move in. Central Texas swarm season generally runs March through June, when clusters land on fences, mailboxes, and oak limbs – the easiest moment to have bees collected alive before they settle into a structure.
Poppers Shoppe is a member of the Texas Association of Professional Bee Removers, the statewide group whose members commit to live removal rather than extermination. Reach out at 512-626-9666 for an assessment – terms and any fees are set by the beekeeper.
