Tag: honey bees

Episode-136- Bees In The Fall Prepping For Winter

Tony Teolis November 18, 2012 0 Comments
Insulation for a honey bee hive.  If you like watching honey bees you will love this video. I took some great film of the honey bee hives during a warm day on November 10, 2011. The temperature was 70 degrees F in northern Virginia. The last video I posted featured many honey bees in throes of death. I was able to film what my honey bees are going through as they die because of the unique...

Episode-133- Prepare Honey Bee Hives For Winter

Tony Teolis November 7, 2012 0 Comments
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 to take any chances on ensuring their food supply but at the same I...

Episode-107- Make Your Own Food And Flowers – Part 1

Tony Teolis July 1, 2012 0 Comments
Tour our gardens with today’s video and see for yourself what is possible with planning, hard work, hugelkultur, seeds from SouthernExposure.com and plants from NourseFarms.com. Of course special credit goes to the gardens hardest workers. The Russian honey bees from Kellysbees.com enjoy and come back for more. Grow Gardens AT Home And Make Your Own Food And Flowers. Watch and...

Episode-106- Harvest Honey From A Bee Hive – Part 1

Tony Teolis July 1, 2012 0 Comments
This is the most exciting time I had putting a video together for you to watch. It’s the Honey Harvest! This is part 1 of a two part video that shows the super and 8 medium frames of honey that I took from honeybee hive A. This colony of Russian honey bees was installed in April 2011 and after 14 months of management, perseverance and patience there is honey for me to harvest for friends and...

Episode-52- Keep Honey Bees Healthy In Winter

Tony Teolis February 25, 2012 0 Comments
BEEKEEPING SERIES Song of the Day - HoneyBee  Show notes Subscribe Music - Blue Devil Plain Honey Bee Photos Videos Gardening Honey Bee Hive Inspection February 18, 2012 The beauty and awe of the honey bee hive is especially striking on this wonderful warm winter day Hard at work making the most of every opportunity. Notice the pollen being brought in! The bees are healthy and active and still...

Episode-31- Bees Prepping For Winter Making Beautiful Honey

Tony Teolis January 14, 2012 0 Comments
October 9, 2011, last full inspection before winter. The Russian honey bees are busy prepping for winter making beautiful honey.  Watch the bees prepare for winter and see how much golden honey they have made. Someday I'll get some. Music credit, Danosongs.com, En La Brisa and  Blue Devil Plain. Song of the day - With Or Without You  Show notes Subscribe To Do List Home Music – Blue...

Episode-28- Honey Bees Are Alive And Well

Tony Teolis January 7, 2012 0 Comments
                  Song of the Day - The Blue Danube (Waltz), Op. 314  Show notes Subscribe To Do List Home Music - Blue Devil Plain Honey Bee Photos Videos Gardening Honey Bee Hive Inspection January 7, 2012 What I did Why How I did it Resources I used – Beekeeping For Dummies, recipe for fondant candy. Items required for the job; bee suit, tool hive, spray bottle with a little bit...

Russian Honey Bee Hive

Tony Teolis October 8, 2011 0 Comments
This is the first of some of my video that captures just how busy a bee hive can bee. When I return home from what I think was a long day at work I observe the bee hive and realize how much harder they work. Recorded August 12, 2011. Show notes Subscribe To Do List Home Music – Blue Devil Plain Videos Gardening - We are taking Action for life and permaculture in northern Virginia....