Table of Contents

Contents – February 2025

Picture This: Bee Blessing Boys! Residential youth ministry teaches beekeeping and photography
Steve “Mac” McNair – 153

The U.S. is Monitoring for Tropilaelaps. Why isn’t Canada?
Alison McAfee – 157

A History of the Discoveries About the Sexuality of the Honey Bee – Part 4
Frédéric Eggers de Villepin – 161

Common is the New Rare
Peter Keilty – 167

Beekeeping Behind Bars
Julia Mahood – 178

Build a “Groovy Shim” for Winter Feeding and Queen Rearing|
Eric Nudleman – 183

A Commercial Perspective – February
Charles Linder – 187

Adventures with VSH Queen: Never Going Back
Tina Sebestyen – 203

Robbing Screens Part 8 : Do They Work in Concert with the Guard Bees?
Randy Oliver – 207

Bees and BBQ: Adventures in Urban Beekeeping
John Kasprak – 213

Arza Gilmore and His Patented Apiary and Bee House
Peter L Borst – 217

What’s Blooming in Your Neck of the Woods? February
Ed Syzmanski – 223

Swarm Traps, Bait Hives, and Nest Boxes – Part 2
David Papke – 225

Our Beekeeping Adventure in West Africa
Chris Vasquez – 229

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