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

Posted on April 23, 2013April 23, 2013 by Tony Teolis

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!

Episode-150- How To Do A Winter Check Of Bee Hive-B 1-19-13

Posted on February 18, 2013March 13, 2013 by Tony Teolis

This is an inspection of Honey Bee hive B conducted on January 19, 2013. The purpose of this brief inspection was to take advantage of the warm 49 degree weather and check the stores of the honey bee food supplies. Since the bees were active and the weather sunny I was able to get down […]

Diagnose Honey Bee Disease

Posted on January 25, 2013March 13, 2013 by Tony Teolis

The report is in from the USDA Beltsville bee research lab. Honey Bee Hive – A was apparently over run by the Varroa Destructor. I thought I had this parasite under control but I did not treat the hive with chemicals. I only did some occasional dusitng with powdered sugar. Obviously I was not doing it right or often […]

Use Honey From A Dead Hive

Posted on December 31, 2012March 26, 2013 by Tony Teolis

It’s an awful feeling and I was barely able to sleep through the night but I’ve worked through many other problems and I’ll work through this one too. I installed Hive A in April of 2011 and it is very sad to realize there is no life left in it now. Photos – http://bit.ly/YUzvgS Most […]

Episode-137- Why Are Honey bees Dying – A Closer Look

Posted on November 26, 2012March 17, 2013 by Tony Teolis

Today’s video is another depiction of what honey bees experience on the throes of death. the way I have the bees set up in the gazebo allows for a view of dead and dying bees. This is unique in that many beekeepers do not have a means to easily see dead and dying bees displaced […]

Episode-133- Prepare Honey Bee Hives For Winter

Posted on November 7, 2012March 17, 2013 by Tony Teolis

Watch how I prepare my two hives for winter with some extra food, varroa mite protection, condensation prevention, and moving the newer hive to a better location in the gazebo. Hurricane Sandy brought us temperatures in the 30’s now and the bees will soon be clustering if the weather keeps this cold much longer. I didn’t want […]

Episode-128- How To Observe Honey Bee Hives

Posted on October 7, 2012March 28, 2013 by Tony Teolis

These videos were compiled over a one week period to note some of my external and internal observations of the 2 honey bee hives on my property. I love getting up close and personal with the bees. I’m usually just in shorts and a t-shirt when shooting some of the video and the bees

Episode-124- No Treatment, Clean Wax, Natural Cell For Honey Bees

Posted on September 3, 2012February 18, 2013 by Tony Teolis

Honey Bees Gone Wild – No Treatment, Clean Wax, Natural Cell In Episode 116 I presented my ideas on how and why I must become a less intrusive and more natural beekeeper. The tasks for accomplishing natural beekeeping will take a little but I started to implement more of the techniques on August 4, […]