Beekeeping and Life – Looking Forward and Looking Backward
James E. Tew Just recently and long ago Last week, Grandma and I were essentially old wall ornaments at our youngest grandson’s seventh birthday…
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A Chronicle of Some Common Beekeeping Terms
James E. Tew I gave you a “heads-up” In the February 2022 edition of Bee Culture magazine, I wrote that I had found some…
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I’m Listening to What You Tell Me James E. Tew You are older today than you were yesterday Yes, you are one day older…
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Part 1: It Has Always Been James E. Tew English is my only language. I have always envied those of you who are multi-linguistic…
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Beekeeping Techniques for the faint-hearted Beekeeper Part 2 James E. Tew My bees are ageless. I am not (Part 2). After one ages and…
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Water During Cool Weather
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Beeswax and Candles
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Better Hive Stands
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Bee Things Are Changing, Really Changing
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Restocking Winterkilled Hives: A Routine Aspect of Beekeeping
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Queen Right Colonies
By: James Tew I can’t say just how long it has been, but I have known Shelia and Denzil St. Clair at Queen Right…
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Wintering Bees
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Washboarding Behavior Beekeeping Wisdom From Senior Citizen Beekeepers. For The Brand New Beekeepers – Finding, establishing and maintaining a beeyard. Odds…
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Selecting the Appropriate Protective Clothing
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Living with a Smoker
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Beeyard Thoughts
A comfortable apiary for both bees and beekeepers. Bait hives in the apiary. Odds and Ends – What’s with bees and coffee? A hive stand…
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by James E. Tew Thievery – of any kind anywhere Robbery is truly hard to consider in just a short discussion – or even…
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Bee Hive Stands: This may be the Golden Age of Hive Stands
by James E. Tew What a pleasant surprise Last month, I wrote that, “I would like to come up with a design for individual…
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Temporarily Relocating Beehives
Rarely a quick and easy beekeeping process for the small time beekeeper by James E. Tew Moving beehives – always eventful I don’t know…
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A Short Story About A Wintering Colony With Dysentery
When to treat and when to simple accept the disease? I’m only fooling with you I am afraid that all too often I write…
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