Category: Honey Bees

Episode-165- Install Bees To Langstroth and Top Bar Hives Part 2

Tony Teolis April 24, 2013 0 Comments
Here is Part 2 of installing the new packages of honey bees. In this video I show the preliminary steps for putting bees in the top bar hive. This is a first for me but I have been preparing for it since before the hive was built in January. These bees were dusted with powdered sugar in the screened box just like the first package and then dumped into the top bar hive. The Queen cage was placed...

Episode-164- Install Bees To Langstroth and Top Bar Hives Part 1

Tony Teolis April 23, 2013 0 Comments
Today is the day the bees came! Two packages of bees came in the mail and the post office called my home twice while I was at work to come get them. My wife graciously went and picked them up. She's amazing! She was a little freaked out because there were some stragglers outside the two cage contraption the bees came in. They weren't in the screened box but outside it. She tried to explain the...

Episode-163- Varroa Counts Mite Away II Effects On Beehive Part 2 of 3

Tony Teolis April 22, 2013 0 Comments
Watch live crawling Varroa mites!  Manage Varroa Counts. This video was taken 24 hours after the application of the formic acid strips to Bee Hive B. The intent is to show you How to Use Mite Away II for Varroa Mite Control. The initial die of young bees was quite frightening to watch the first night. There were dozens of them just crawling out the hive and falling to the sheet in front of...

Episode-160- Varroa Counts Put Mite Away II Strips In The Beehive Part 1 of 3

Tony Teolis April 13, 2013 0 Comments
Varroa Counts The video for today's episode show how and why I apply Mite Away II strips to control Varroa mites in Honey Bee Hive B. Varroa mites are the number one honey bee killer on earth. This is the first of a three part series that will document the placing of the strips and observations of their affects. The colony has come out of the long winter fairly strong and I got it completely...

Episode-157 – Make Fresh Pollen Patties For The Honey Bees

Tony Teolis March 27, 2013 0 Comments
In this episode I show you how to make fresh pollen patties for your honey bees. This nutritious mixture of fresh pollen, Ener-G-Plus Bee Diet, Honey B Healthy, pure cane sugar and water helps to keep honey bees fed and encourage brood rearing. The difficulty is that if I give too much then I risk having a big box of bees during a cold month of March and there will be too many bees and not...

Episode-156- Make Grease Patties For Bees In Winter

Tony Teolis March 25, 2013 0 Comments
Watch and learn how to make grease patties for honey bees. These patties can be used all year round, not just in the winter. The grease will help keep Varroa off the bees and tracheal mites out of the bees. The wintergreen and salt add nutrients and beneficial smells that also play a role in keeping pests at bay. Resources How To Use Essential Oils For Mite Control  Episode-150- How To Do A...

Feed Bees In Winter Quick And Easy

Tony Teolis March 20, 2013 0 Comments
  I want to share with you this easy method for feeding honey bees in an emergency that I came up with the other day. The weather was warm on March 9 and seemed to be trending that way as it did last year. The winter storess seemed light with respect to the number of bees that were being formed and working in and out of the hive. Thus I started to provided small pollen patties, grease...

How To Use Essential Oils For Mite Control

Tony Teolis March 10, 2013 0 Comments
This honey bee management tip will show how I use essential oils and honey b healthy to start the spring feeding and keep the Varroa destructor at bay. This should also help with tracheal mite control. I use 5 drops of lemongrass, 15 drops or spearmint and 20 drops of wintergreen. I also use 3 teaspoons of Honey B Healthy.        Honey B Healthy Don The Fat Bee Man Talking about all of it