Beekeeping school offers path to lower property taxes

Texas law allows bees and bee hives to qualify for reducing property taxes on plots ranging from 5 to 20 acres, similar to livestock or raising hay.Property taxes on small acreages can now be lowered by keeping bees on the property. The bees do not have to be owned by the landowner.Dennis Herbert drafted the original legislation for the current bee law that allows small acreage la...

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