{"id":166525,"date":"2025-08-14T11:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/?p=166525"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:53:31","slug":"millions-of-bees-are-no-problem-for-this-centreville-based-beekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/millions-of-bees-are-no-problem-for-this-centreville-based-beekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of Bees are No Problem for this Centreville-Based Beekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">Local Honey<\/div><p>TT\u2019s Bees is a Centreville-based apiary and bee-removal service. It\u2019s also a family business run by a father-daughter duo who started <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/herndon-mosaic-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out as hobbyists<\/a> and are now award-winning beekeepers. The duo harvests honey and beeswax from the hives throughout Northern Virginia. <strong>Read on for more about this buzzing business and where to find this special honey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166551\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/TLG_Featured-Image_FFX-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>About TT<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tagg Timm is a retired Air Force Major and the namesake for the apiary. But he credits his daughter, Maia, for getting him into bees in the first place. \u201cShe\u2019s always been into bugs, and during COVID, she proposed that we try out getting a beehive,\u201d he said.\u00a0 Tagg and Maia started with a couple of hives and learned all they could about beekeeping, earning certificates from Michigan State University\u2019s Heroes to Hives program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-198815\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3-800x800.png\" alt=\"tagg timm explains bees\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nWhat started as a backyard hobby has turned into a family business, with Tagg managing the 20+ hives he has now, and Maia running the sales side of things. There are 20 hives at the Timm home in Centreville, and a handful more in Purcellville, VA. Tagg and Maia sell raw beeswax, beeswax candles, and honeycomb in addition to the honey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tagg got involved with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxbees.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairfax Beekeepers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating aspiring and seasoned beekeepers through mentorship, education, and equipment sharing. He started attending virtual meetings, then hosting group events for honey extraction, and eventually became president for two years.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/lisa-waters-vienna-florist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All About Lisa Waters, a Homegrown Vienna Florist<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Members across Fairfax County share the bulky and costly equipment, and making sure everyone had access to it was important to Tagg.\u00a0 \u201cMy main goal was to get more equipment and have it spread out throughout the county to make it easier for members to use,\u201d he said. For example, one of the pieces of equipment in high demand is an extractor, which uses centrifugal force to extract the honey. And since most beekeepers are on the same springtime production schedule, having more equipment makes it easier for everyone to complete their harvests.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>Tagg continues his mentorship of aspiring beekeepers informally now that his presidency is complete. \u201cI sell queen bees to people who want to start a hive,\u201d he said, \u201cand I built small starter bee boxes for people who want to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>About the Honey<\/h3>\n<p>Tasting the honey is akin to wine tasting: each blend has a distinctive taste. The color of the honey varies based on the kind of flower it visited to gather nectar. During our visit, we tasted about a dozen different honeys, each of which would have been delicious on its own, but taken all together, made for a truly decadent experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of TT\u2019s honeys won 1st Place in the 2023 Virginia State Fair, in the category for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/showorks.s3.amazonaws.com\/index.html?file=737312_Open_Honey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dark extracted honey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cWe plan to win again this year,\u201d Tagg said. Approximately 400 honeys were entered into the honey category, with winners broken down into 14 honey and honey-adjacent categories (such as candles and beeswax). The honey is made from a copse of Tree of Life trees near the hives in Centreville.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-198816\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2-800x800.png\" alt=\"tagg timm shares a queen bee in a protective container\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tagg shows a queen bee in a protective case<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tagg and Maia sell almost exclusively through word of mouth. \u201cWe don\u2019t go to farmers markets, we don\u2019t advertise, and we always sell out,\u201d he said. The harvest season runs from approximately April to June, and Tagg said that he sold the last of the 2023 harvest in December 2023. The total harvest amount is dependent on the weather. \u201cA poor year might be 45 pounds of honey per hive, while a good year would be 125 pounds of honey per hive,\u201d Tagg said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the blue-ribbon winning Tree of Life honey, Tagg said that another big seller is the early season honey, which many people use to treat springtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/article\/honey-benefits-seasonal-allergies-immunotherapy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seasonal allergies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI started this year with five, 25-gallon tubs of it, and I\u2019m down to three jars,\u201d Tagg said of this type of honey during an early-July visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>See more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/bards-alley-bookshop-vienna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bards Alley Bookshop: Vienna\u2019s Indie Book Store<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tagg has spent a great deal of time learning about the mechanics of honey bees and their behavior. He talks about the bees and their talents with reverence, describing them as some of the smartest animals on the planet. \u201cA honeycomb is an architectural and structural accomplishment,\u201d he said. \u201cThese little bees are making one of the most structurally sound things in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-198817\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1-800x800.png\" alt=\"tagg timm shows off the honey\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/tts_bees_1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tagg\u2019s knowledge of bees and comfort handling them means he is frequently called to help remove a hive that has formed in the wrong spot, such as a tree branch or under someone\u2019s deck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Follow @thefairfaxgirl on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefairfaxgirl\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Instagram <\/span><\/a>+\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefairfaxgirl\"><span class=\"s2\">TikTok<\/span><\/a> for the latest Northern Virginia updates, and check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/events\/\"><span class=\"s2\">events calendar<\/span><\/a>, which has over 100+ events weekly to peruse.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"categories\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"\/fairfax\/category\/lifestyle\/\">Lifestyle<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local HoneyTT\u2019s Bees is a Centreville-based apiary and bee-removal service. 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