# County context | Balcones Apiary Co.

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County context / preliminary guidance

Local rules.A tract-specific answer.

The appraisal district sets colony intensity and decides valuation. We use these public accounts to frame the review, then confirm the current standard for your land.



Travis County

Commercially reported: 6 colonies on the first 5 acres, plus 1 per additional 2 acres; at least 7 months on site. Rounding and current requirements need district confirmation.

Timber Creek Bees, Travis County (commercial account) (https://www.timbercreekbees.com/ag-exemption/travis-county)

Balcones will confirm eligible acreage, intensity, rounding, duration and required records.

Use Travis in my tract plan (/?county=travis#sheet)

Williamson County

Secondary accounts conflict: Timber Creek Bees reports 6 colonies on 5 acres plus 1 per additional 2 acres; Texas Land Tax reports 1 per additional 2.5 acres. Neither establishes the current district rule or fractional-acre rounding.

Timber Creek Bees, Williamson County (commercial account) (https://www.timbercreekbees.com/ag-exemption/williamson-county)

Texas Land Tax alternative account, reviewed August 2026 (https://texaslandtax.com/county/williamson/)

Balcones will confirm eligible acreage, intensity, rounding, duration and required records.

Use Williamson in my tract plan (/?county=williamson#sheet)

Hays County

Commercially reported: 6 colonies on 5 acres plus 1 per additional 1.5 acres, with full-calendar-year presence. Eligible acreage, rounding and duration need district confirmation.

Timber Creek Bees, Hays County (commercial account) (https://www.timbercreekbees.com/ag-exemption/hays-county)

Balcones will confirm eligible acreage, intensity, rounding, duration and required records.

Use Hays in my tract plan (/?county=hays#sheet)

Collin County

We will confirm current Collin rules and evaluate placement coverage. No exact count is inferred.

Balcones will confirm eligible acreage, intensity, rounding, duration and required records. Coverage and placement options will also be evaluated.

Use Collin in my tract plan (/?county=collin#sheet)

Denton County

We will confirm current Denton rules and evaluate placement coverage. No exact count is inferred.

Balcones will confirm eligible acreage, intensity, rounding, duration and required records. Coverage and placement options will also be evaluated.

Use Denton in my tract plan (/?county=denton#sheet)

Gross land is not qualifying area

Beekeeping valuation is associated with a 5–20 acre qualifying-use range. A house does not establish a one-acre deduction. Larger-tract and subarea treatment need district confirmation, not an automatic carve-out.

TAIS: the district dictates the rules (https://txbeeinspection.tamu.edu/public/agricultural-exemption/)

Prepare your tract plan (/#sheet)



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