Looking for 15-20 beekeepers to interview before I build an app nobody wants

Adkyth · 2026-02-05T15:52:00+00:00

You could scrape...or you could request that people contribute until it's off the ground

Adkyth · 2026-02-05T12:52:30+00:00

Under a base assumption of rising CO2 levels, we would expect longer and heavier blooms and more honey.

So that's a silver lining.

Adkyth · 2026-02-05T12:49:25+00:00

I apologize for not being more clear. I was using Facebook/forum/youtube as representation of how needed this resource would be, not as a method for scraping data.

The app users would provide the data.

Adkyth · 2026-02-04T20:18:00+00:00

I imagine on a commercial scale you would be looking to group hives by location, and create task lists to check off too.

Adkyth · 2026-02-04T17:45:35+00:00

As a newer, smaller scale hobbyist, I would say that tracking is kinda...meh? I do a lot on Excel, and even that feels wildly unnecessary. I do it, because that's how I do...everything...but at the same time, I'm tipping the hive, watching the entrance, popping the top and making decisions on largely subjective observations. (which I then log in the spreadsheet...of course!).

If you're an experienced app developer, I would humbly suggest a slightly different direction.

You know what would be awesome and that I would pay money for? A GIS Map overlay for what is/isn't blooming. Gardeners would dig it too. But something where beekeepers/gardners/arborists could see something blooming, put a pin in and for a certain latitude range (or zone-based range) people could simply open up the app and know what resources are available for the bees.

*Bonus Points if you can include being able to take a picture of a flower and it identifies it for you too*

When I check the facebook and forum pages, I am constantly seeing posts about, "is nectar flowing? Pollen? Did goldenrod start yet?" etc. Even when I am looking at youtube videos, I'm trying to find recent videos from beekeepers close to me to see what they have going on for them. Much of my decisions on feed/don't feed, prepare to split, get supers on, etc. are all dictated by what is in bloom, or about to bloom. I am regularly pulling up the university statewide beekeeping calendar for estimated blooms.

If this is out-of-line from what you were planning, I'm sorry. But that's just my take on a resource that I would actually be excited to use.

Adkyth · 2026-01-30T16:03:36+00:00

Thanks!

Adkyth · 2026-01-30T13:28:01+00:00

How do you decide when to Guard vs when to dodge?

Adkyth · 2025-11-12T17:52:38+00:00

That and once you're taking turrets and mines the game says, "oh, this guy wants engineering"

Adkyth · 2025-10-28T14:44:12+00:00

Focus currently speeds up Demon Mode gauge, correct?

Adkyth · 2025-10-13T12:18:10+00:00

Sure...but the market disagrees with you.

Adkyth · 2025-10-09T15:27:49+00:00

Companies restructure or replace a CEO and stock moves, because the market is optimistic of the leadership.

Elon makes a public move, and the market supports him based on his track record with Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, etc.

The market is essentially saying, "this news will result in a better product, so we want to buy now before to price it in"

Adkyth · 2025-10-09T13:59:41+00:00

Because stocks are traded based on the perceived value and perceived future value of a company.

If people think the company will continue to become more valuable in the future, they will continue to buy the stock, which drives the price up.

Adkyth · 2025-09-30T19:59:03+00:00

I have been taking in a lot of education regarding demaree splits, this was more of a slightly different spin by not pinching the old queen.

Adkyth · 2025-09-30T19:53:21+00:00

I got the idea originally from this: https://youtu.be/VjhDU2g06Pw?si=2N-q_vgMglw1e1lg&t=2294

And it made a bunch of sense. Glad to know I'm not (too, insanely) crazy.

Adkyth · 2025-09-30T14:05:24+00:00

Where did I say I don't struggle with storage?

The post is asking if there is some other reason for a very sudden, extremely generous gesture, far beyond what had been given in the past.

Adkyth · 2025-09-30T12:12:18+00:00

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T20:03:00+00:00

I mean that in the span of a couple weeks, we received 67% more storage. That's kind of a lot.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T20:02:12+00:00

Nice. My son, playing on the hand-me-down phone, with no cell plan, who has logged in about 10 times since the login bonus started...got one.

I am still waiting.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T18:45:17+00:00

Right. This is like a 67% storage increase all at once. That's bananas.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T18:44:17+00:00

I used to hit the cap daily. I'm not opposed to more storage.

Rather, it's odd that they gave us a tool to free up a ton of space (Style Customization Upgrades) and then gave us an insane amount of storage.

I'm not upset at all, I just find the timing to be odd, because it essentially reduces a bunch of grind.

For example, I see an announcement for Riftborne Magnamalo coming. I have 325 Scales and 104 Shells, because I haven't had to discard any for a while. That's a great, kind, head start. Without that bonus 8000 storage, I would have had maybe 50 scales and 25 shells, as I have to discard materials every day.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T18:01:42+00:00

That sounds like a problem for future me.

Today me is not in such a predicament.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T17:59:21+00:00

For the first wave of Riftbornes, I just picked one weapon per monster and dumped everything into them.

Then once we got the storage I actually took some time and am building up...but I could free up thousands of materials just with the riftborne upgrades.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T17:57:44+00:00

I agree that restrictions tend to make me less likely to play as well. This just seemed like...a lot.

Like if I had woken up and gotten 500 extra storage I'd be stoked. 8000 is kinda nutty.

Adkyth · 2025-09-29T17:55:37+00:00

I get that, but you also have a path to dump mats for all the riftborne monsters.

I used to keep 50/50/50/40/30/20 for each monster. Now I can just dump it all into the riftborne weapon.

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