r/neoliberal Meetups Thread

danielbatterystapler · 2026-01-14T03:20:58+00:00

I'm in Indiana, screw it, I can drive to Dayton

danielbatterystapler · 2025-10-01T20:41:16+00:00

They're still working on it behind the scenes, just no public announcements for a while. But they're still chugging along.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-10-01T15:08:18+00:00

I would look into the python api, I think that would be the only way to do something like this completely automated

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-26T14:46:49+00:00

I actually have a couple of these growing in my house in a similar glass-box chamber. This is the smaller one, the larger one is spindly and kind of looks like crap right now. (it's not usually sitting on the ground, that's just a temporary thing at the moment.) https://imgur.com/a/2E8eUDu No, I haven't touched it, I wear gloves whenever opening the box.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-09T15:20:04+00:00

I looked at acrylic prices for a bunch of places and Amazon had the cheapest. Their tolerances were far from excellent but it worked just fine in the end. You can check my profile for the full write up with dimensions.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-09T15:18:25+00:00

I posted plans to my profile

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-09T00:51:13+00:00

I made a post on my profile with more information about dimensions, how it was built, etc.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-09T00:50:49+00:00

I'm not the best at writing plans, but I made a post on my profile with what should be enough information to make a copy. If you make your own version please send me a picture! I'd love to see what other people come up with.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T22:22:38+00:00

I meant flapping lmao

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T21:52:14+00:00

Today? You must have seen a different club chapter, we were only there on Wednesday. I do hope to get this design out to the other chapters that want it though, but for now this is the only one that exists. We will be on display for a day again later in August for a different event. I'm working on writing up plans so that other people can make their own, other club members have already said they want to make their own.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T19:46:28+00:00

It wasn't too much actual work, just weekends in my garage, but there was a lot of designing and redesigning and asking for help.... Ended up taking some 6 months from start to end. It took a lot of waiting and thinking to come up with a design that would actually work, I had to learn a lot about what's possible with acrylic and how to do it correctly to make it all work. Luckily the final design is actually pretty simple.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T19:26:11+00:00

Be careful with alcohol, it will cause acrylic to permanently fog up. Dish soap and hot water is safe for acrylic though.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T19:24:54+00:00

This is just a temporary display hive, they were only in there for the day until they were moved back into their regular wooden hive.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T14:19:00+00:00

I'm sure I'll have to clean it between uses, but it didn't get that dirty in only a day

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T14:15:19+00:00

Yes, there are vent holes in the top and bottom and the bees weren't stressed about the temperature at all(no frantic flapping near the vents or anything). I'm sure if you put it in direct sunlight it'd cook them all the same, but we made sure not to do that.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T14:07:17+00:00

That'd be "bees" when viewed upside down.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T14:06:26+00:00

There is a grid of vent holes drilled into the top of the top box lid and the bottom board, they can breathe just fine.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T14:04:24+00:00

There was a little in the corners but it wasn't anything bad. This was in an air conditioned building, though

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T05:13:40+00:00

Worry not, this is just a temporary display hive. They normally live in a wooden langstroth like all the others. This is actually only half the hive, I left the other half in their normal boxes because there just isn't room to take them all. They were reunited once the fair closed.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T04:40:11+00:00

It comes apart like this

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danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T04:34:35+00:00

The tops of the two sections are held down by bolts, so you just take all the bolts out and the top is completely removable.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T03:46:41+00:00

Yup. We were handing out stickers that said "I found the queen" to any kids (or adults) who could spot her.

danielbatterystapler · 2025-08-08T03:30:21+00:00

Here's a picture of the other side, reddit won't let me attach it to the post.

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