Category: Honey Bees

Episode-208- Where Are The Bees In Colony C – Part 4 – Eggs, Larvae, And Hornets Oh My!

Tony Teolis August 5, 2013 0 Comments
The saga of honey bee hive C continues and the colony struggles along. During today's inspection I saw eggs and larvae which could be reason to believe that the colony had a successful supercedure. There were a few of the large European hornets flying around the hive and that is not good for a young struggling colony. Thus, I added a crude home made robber screen to keep them and other unwelcome...

Episode-204- Where Are The Bees In Colony C – Part 3 – Despair Then Hope

Tony Teolis July 13, 2013 0 Comments
Welcome to Where Are The Bees In Colony C - Part 3 - Despair Then Hope at ToDoListHome.com. If you have watched parts 1 and 2 you know it has been a frustrating start for one of the new honey bee colonies installed on April 22, 2013. This one month old colony was doing well and I made things worse as noted in Episode-203- Where are the bees in colony C – Part 2 – Down On Their Luck This...

Episode-203- Where are the bees in colony C – Part 2 – Down On Their Luck

Tony Teolis July 9, 2013 0 Comments
Episode-203- Where are the bees in colony C - Part 2 - Down On Their Luck. The saga begins in earnest with this episode as the one month old colony is inspected and no eggs, larvae or queen are found. This is very disconcerting and I am not sure what could have happened to a brand new queen. If I did something to bring about her demise I will try to learn from the lesson. The inspection started...

Episode-202- Where Are The Bees In Colony C – Part 1 – A Backyard Saga

Tony Teolis July 7, 2013 0 Comments
Welcome to Where Are The Bees In Colony C - Part 1 - A Backyard Saga at ToDoListhome.com. This is part 1 of an ongoing story of the troubles this colony has experienced since its installment on April 23, 2012. The episodes in the resources below shows the installation and check for an egg laying queen. However, within a few short weeks it should have been apparent to me that this hive was not...

More Carpenter Bees Bouncing Back In The Bee Balm

Tony Teolis June 27, 2013 0 Comments
Today's video captures More Carpenter Bees Bouncing Back In The Bee Balm. Xylocopa virginica The Eastern Carpenter Bee is alive and doing well in my back and front yards. There are lots of them around and they seem to be easily please with any of my many flowers. the honey bees...not so much. Although I do have plenty of them bringing out the cucumbers and squash quite successfully this year....

Carpenter Bees Bouncing Back In The Bee Balm Video

Tony Teolis June 23, 2013 0 Comments
Xylocopa virginica The Eastern Carpenter Bee is alive and doing well in my back and front yards. There are lots of them around and they seem to be easily please with any of my many flowers. the honey bees...not so much. Although I do have plenty of them bringing out the cucumbers and squash quite successfully this year. It's nice have these bees working the bee balm. I got some last year at...

Episode-197- Inspect the Top Bar Hive At Night

Tony Teolis June 21, 2013 0 Comments
What a cool video I made of the top bar hive at night. The plexiglass window allows me to take a look inside this busy hive for some never before seen shots of how this hive operates. Everyone is working in the hive. This is certainly not a place where they celebrate happy hour. This video was taken two days after I expanded the hive to a total of thirteen top bars. The bees are already drawing...

Episode-196- Inspect The Top Bar Hive For Eggs And More

Tony Teolis June 20, 2013 0 Comments
This is a pretty cool video of the latest top bar hive inspection. I show how I inspect and manage the hive and it is wonderful to see so many active bees raising brood and making a real home sweet home. The other two hives in the yard are Langstroth hives and they are struggling with raising new queens in both. But this hive is the Thrive Hive. It is a kick ass colony really gearing up for...