Tag: February 2026
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! DNA Fingerprinting By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Long before your personal fingerprints became a tool to open computers, they were used to help solve crimes and other mysteries. Unique to all…
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The Unobservant Drone
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop Beekeeping is mostly a matter of rearranging the contents of the hive to accomplish an apicultural objective without disturbing and irritating the inhabitants of the hive. In that regard, beekeeping…
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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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Bee Vet
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Mentoring is a Loving Gift By: Tracy Farone In February, we celebrate love for others. One of the greatest things you can do for someone is mentor them. As a college professor, I…
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The Hidden Skill That Can Turn Any Good Beekeeper Into a Great One Part 1
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Recently it has become clear to me that one of the biggest challenges facing beekeepers today, especially new beekeepers, is a serious disconnect between descriptive beekeeping and interpretive beekeeping. I…
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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…