Category: Honey Bees

Episode-191- Observe The Bees Guarding The Hives At Night

Tony Teolis June 10, 2013 0 Comments
This is Episode-191- of todolisthome.com Night Guards At The Beehives. I’m your host Tony Teolis and I’m Keeping track of things to do for a better life.  Throughout these episodes I refer to four honey bee colonies. Hive A died in 2012, Hive B was started in 2012, and Hives C and D were started in April 2013. I have been having trouble with honey bee hive C the last few weeks as I think...

Episode-188- Make My Own Screened Bottom Board Sheets

Tony Teolis June 3, 2013 0 Comments
This episode shows how I make my mite drop count boards with corrugated plastic sheets I got online cheap from Signwarehouse.com. I had been looking for a long time for a cheap supply of co plastic sheets because just one from the beekeeping supply companies costs $5 (shipping not included). That's ridiculous! From Signwarehouse I got 10, 24 inch by 18 inch sheets for $10 (shipping not included...

Episode-185- Check For Supersedure In Honey Bee Colony B

Tony Teolis May 30, 2013 0 Comments
In this follow up video spread out between May 5 and 12, 2013 I confirm the presence of supersedure cells. There was no evidence of eggs, again, ugh! The bees were buzzing louder than usual but I wasn't using smoke and they may have been upset about about the lack of brood to care for. This was quite disconcerting at the time but not too surprising. I knew the queen in this hive was not laying...

Episode-184- Track Bee Troubles In Honey Bee Hive B – Supersedure

Tony Teolis May 28, 2013 0 Comments
April 28, 2013 - See the Queen but no eggs May 1, 2013 - See the Queen but no eggs I think I got a problem with Honey Bee Hive B but I could not be sure so I had to take a look inside to see if I had a good laying queen. This  is the colony that I applied the formic acid strip to in early April to combat a Varroa Destructor infestation and I have been keeping an eye on the bees since. What you...

Episode-179- Inspect Top Bar Hive For Queen, Larvae And Eggs

Tony Teolis May 20, 2013 0 Comments
This video shows how to inspect a top bar beehive for the queen, larvae and eggs. It also depicts my methods for feeding the colony and controlling pests. The video begins with a view from the plexiglass window and then how I replace the feeder which is located inside the hive but set outside one of the follower boards. I begin by sliding a follower board back to get some working space and then...

Episode-175- Build A Bee Bait Box For Swarms

Tony Teolis May 12, 2013 0 Comments
This has been a couple of months in the making but that is what good planning is all about. Getting the future to become what you imagine. That's been my way of life and no I cannot tell nature what to do but I can read the sun or clouds  for sign of what's coming next. It's an amazing world honey bees live in and right now I am reading Fruitless Fall by Rowan Jacobsen and it is such a fun...

Episode-172- Varroa Counts Get The Hive Back To Normal After Using Formic Acid

Tony Teolis May 6, 2013 0 Comments
                  Varroa Counts Today's video shows the final part of the three part series on how I applied Formic Acid to Honey Bee Colony C. The mite count on the drop board on April 7 was too high for comfort especially in light of the loss of Colony A last November. It's now been seven days and the time has come to check on the bees and give them some sugar water at spring...

Episode-167- Best Ways To Check For Queen Release

Tony Teolis April 29, 2013 0 Comments
I waited the appropriate five days before going to check on the queens for the Langstroth and top bar hives being released. The video show the Langstroth Hive C check first and there is a special surprise in the clip. A quick check revealed an empty queen cage so I took that out and started checking the frames. The bees were busy building comb and they have even took to building on the...