Category: James Tew
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Is a New Queen Always the Right Queen?
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Matchmaking – You and Your Queen By: James E. Tew “You” and your queensIs the best queen for your bees always the best queen for you – the beekeeper? Sometimes yes but sometimes…
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The 2026 Swarming Season
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! An Annual Event By: James E. Tew Over and again Oh, no! Not swarming – not again. How many times have you read articles or listened to presentations on the subject of swarming?…
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Two Tews – Both Beekeepers
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: James E. Tew Family members Many beekeepers have stories and histories of family members and friends who encouraged them to pursue beekeeping. In a way, that was my path – but not…
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Fishing for New Beekeepers
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A well-run local meeting seems to be the best bait By: James E. Tew Bee Culture (BC) is obviously a magazine that provides information about bees. People, who read BC, read it for…
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Beeswax and Candles
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A Hive Byproduct By: James E. Tew A cool season bee project It is late mid-Winter, cold and snowy. My apiary is loudly quiet. No bees flying, no birds singing, no noisy insects…
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Equalizing Colony Populations
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Trying to Make Weak Colonies Into Good Colonies By: James E. Tew Small hives visited and revisited This past Summer, I occasionally had to equalize some colonies that I had started from packages.…
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Honey Bee Stings
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! “Don’t You Ever Get Stung?” By: James E. Tew A few months ago, I gave a brief discussion at a local service club luncheon. I only had a short time to make my…
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Hidden Beehives
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: James E. Tew (Click on the photos to enlarge them) Nary a hive I just returned from a two-thousand-mile road trip to visit my two brothers and be introduced to some brand-new…