There's no single statewide acreage minimum — each use has its own. Bees are the exception: state law fixes the range at 5 to 20 acres. Here's the verified 2026 breakdown.

Generally no — each tax parcel needs its own qualifying acreage, hive count, and history. The legitimate ways to handle adjacent parcels, and why the “empty hive” shortcut gets landowners audited.

If your land already holds a 1-d-1 ag valuation from cattle, hay, or another use, you can switch to beekeeping immediately — no new 5-year history. Here's how to do it without triggering a review.

Everything about the Texas bee ag exemption: the 4 requirements, verified county hive standards, real savings math, the 5-year timeline, Form 50-129, and rollback risk.

A denial letter is not the end of the process — it is the start of a deadline. Here is the protest playbook we use when a county denies a beekeeping ag valuation.