Bee Cave (the town, sometimes also spelled Bee Caves) is named for the overhanging limestone bluffs where wild bees once nested. (See http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/hnb17.html for the Handbook of Texas Online entry.) Pretty soon the "bee cave" became a landmark ("Meet me at Bee Cave." "Old Joe-Bob is now living up at the Bee Cave."). As more and more people settled in the area, it grew into a community of sorts, and was eventually incorporated. There is no "cave" as we cavers think of it at Bee Cave, although the TSS database lists 4 real Bee Caves in other parts of the state (Brewster, Culberson, Kinney, and Hays counties), as well as Bee Cave Spring (Real), Bee Caves Spring (Kerr), Bee Creek Cave (Travis), Bee Hive Sink (Brewster), Bee Rock Indiana Camp Shelter (Coryell), Bee Shelter Cave (Travis), Bee Spring (Travis), and Bee Tree Cave (Travis). I would go on, but I'm just BEEt.
-- Crash -----Original Message----- From: Preston Forsythe [mailto:pns_...@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:02 AM To: Jim Kennedy; addi...@caveresource.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Bee Cave I am curious about Bee Cave in Austin. I receive a catalog of birding tours available from Field Guides, Inc. located on Bee Cave Road, Austin. The company list dream birding trips far and wide. Anywho, does anyone know something about Bee Cave? Preston Forsythe in KY and far from Bee Cave --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
