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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 […]

Watching Honey Bees Buzz

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

There was a lot of activity last Saturday the 19th of January 2013. I am sure it was because the honey bees in Hive B knew that a deep freeze with snow in tail was on it’s way. The video depicts foragers going out for what be available on this unseasonably warm day. Most of […]

Test For American Foulbrood

Posted on January 6, 2013March 26, 2013 by Tony Teolis

Dead Bee hive 12-28-12 I have to test to see how honey bee colony A died. Look at the past few posts and you will learn how I have reacted to the colony dying. The ropey test, smell test and Holts milk test for American Foulbrood were all negative. To be sure I sent larvae […]

Episode-45- Recycle Waste To Make Compost and Grow More Food

Posted on February 11, 2012March 18, 2013 by Tony Teolis

My appeal to growing food was enhanced by the idea of valuing all resources and not letting anything go to waste unnecessarily. This is what defines Permaculture Principle #6. Permaculture consists of 12 principles defined by Sepp Holzer, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren as an approach to designing human settlements and perennial agricultural systems that […]