The Beekeeper’s Companion Since 1861
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Contents-April 2026

- April 1, 2026 -

Spring Reads
Rusty Burlew, Tina Sebestyen – 367

THE CLASSROOM
Jamie Ellis – 371

BEEKEEPING BASICS
The Demaree Method of Swarm Control
Tina Sebestyen – 379

Swarm Traps – Tips and Tricks
Michael Smith – 383

Bee Bobs Through the Looking-glass: Complete Mastery over Errant Swarms
Peter Sieling – 385

THE CURIOUS BEEKEEPER
Too Many Bees? Drawing Down is Better than Walking Out
Rusty Burlew – 389

Testing VarroxSan, Part 1
Randy Oliver – 395

Sager Family Farm – Educating the Future
Dewey Caron – 403

BEES AND BEEKEEPING, PAST AND PRESENT
The Bee-Keeper’s Advance: A Bee Journal from Maine
Wyatt A. Mangum – 407

Producing Swarm Queens for Fun, Profit, and Really Big Queens
Part 2: Establishing a swarm-queen protocol
Shelley Stuart – 413

How Honey Bees Arrived at the Hexagon
Michał Jurewicz – 419

Adding Beeswax to Make Honeycomb
Part 2: A New Discovery
David C. Wade – 423

A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Planning and forecasting
Charles Linder – 429

PLAIN TALK BEEKEEPING
The Waxing and Waning of Beekeeping
James E. Tew – 433

The Indiana Queen Breeders Association, Part 2
Jeff Becker – 437

Suggestions to Reduce Queen Supersedure When Installing Packages
Eric Talley – 443

Interview with Dr.. Ralph Büchler, Part 2
Jakub Jaroński, Bartłomiej Maleta – 447

That’s Beekeeping: Beginner struggles – you’ve got this!
Gavonna Fore – 453

Another Wat Africanized Bees Can Affect Your Health
Gerald M. Loper – 457

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