Tim Schuler
Tim Schuler started keeping bees as a young boy with his dad and his brother in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, a small suburb of Philadelphia. Tim graduated in 1982 from Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA with a BS in Animal Husbandry. He began his career helping to manage a large cattle and hog feed lot in central NJ. In 1986 he began working for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) as an Animal Health Technician in the Division of Animal Health. In 1989 and ‘90 Tim served a short time as a bee inspector for the NJDA. In 1991 Tim started a side business managing 300 colonies of honeybees providing pollination services to farmers and producing honey. In 2007 he took the position of State Apiarist with the NJDA. As part of those responsibilities, he taught beekeeping to beekeepers, non-beekeepers and University undergraduates. He inspected colonies throughout the state for diseases and pests, helping beekeepers keep strong healthy colonies of honeybees and promoting New Jersey’s beekeeping industry along the way. In 2013 he had the opportunity to travel to Malawi Africa and help subsistence farmers develop beekeeping as a way to generate income. Since that first trip Tim has returned 8 times to continue this work and brings groups of beekeepers to learn and help.
In retirement Tim and his wife Patty continue to manage 200 colonies for pollination and honey production, consulting with beekeepers looking to improve their operation, and helping subsistence farmers in Malawi manage honey bees for profit.Tim loves the fact that keeping bees can change a person’s in real tangible ways.
Tim.Schuler@comcast.net