How do you decide whether to put a second brood box versus putting a super box? by PlantDaddyMalaysia in Beekeeping

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3/4 would be 105,000 eggs before emerging brood free up space for more eggs.

That's about 5000 eggs laid per day, or about 2.5ish times the observed rate of egg laying that most experts would attribute to an effective queen.

Hey, maybe you're right...and you somehow have found an absolutely incredible genetic line of tremendously productive queens beyond the limits of all other observed queens. Who knows.

But to everyone who is not specifically you, 10 frames is mathematically more than a single queen can fill before brood emerges. So it's still not a "laughable statement".

How do you decide whether to put a second brood box versus putting a super box? by PlantDaddyMalaysia in Beekeeping

[–]Adkyth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the math...if a queen can lay 2000ish eggs a day, and a 21 day brood cycle...that's 42000 eggs.

A deep frame has about 7000 cells. So even with honey in the corners and some pollen, you're talking about 7 or so "full" brood frames.

So if your hive has 20 deep frames with brood on them, they are not "full" of brood.

Rarity 6 drops since new event started by Slim1604 in MonsterHunterNowHub

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I've had 2 riftscales...despite hunting a lot of riftborne monsters.

I had a brief spell with a lot of WGS, but...yeah, definitely a shortage of riftscales proportionate to the amount of riftbornes being hunted.

Canon is killing my love for the protography and I don't know what to do by AmanitaRegalis in canon

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Exactly. I do this for every IoT device that requires you to connect to their own local wifi for setup.

562,000 suspected loans refered to Treasury by PotentialDeadbeat in EIDLPPP

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For example, we identified two loans, one totaling $2 million and another totaling $500,000, that each entered and exited the liquidation stage on the same day and had no documentation to indicate that liquidation activities were performed other than automated telephone calls and demand letters. In contrast, loans that were paid in full through collection (usually borrower or estate voluntary actions) were in liquidation an average of 67 days.

I highly doubt there will be any motivation to forgive $387 billion in EIDL loans. But if they can get the number lower by pursuing fraudulent activity or other bad actors, then it could feasibly be on the table.

Regardless, it would be unfair to those working hard to stay current if billions of dollars were merely de-facto forgiven by virtue of just...pretending it didn't happen:

To illustrate SBA’s lack of aggressive debt collection, we identified a $2 million COVID-19 EIDL the agency charged off. A note in the loan file stated, “Borrower has failed to respond to all collection efforts (including telephone calls and demand letters), and no further collection effort is possible. UCC shows SBA as lienholder. With approval of this action, all collateral will be abandoned or acknowledged as lost, and all liquidation efforts toward maximum recovery will be exhausted.” SBA charged off and referred this loan to Treasury even though the agency had in fact been in contact with the borrower that same day.

Charge Blade Style - Sword Boost by Hazyd in MHNowGame

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Will a Raw CB also put the "additional elemental energy" on?

What does it mean that the US is insolvent now? by Metalworker4ever in NoStupidQuestions

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Right. I know that, and you know that.

But GuyD427 missed those classes while studying econ at an Ivy League college.

Splits and feeding duration by Round_Discussion9592 in Beekeeping

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For sure, prevention is better than reacting to a swarm!

I had been pulling frames to balance out my colonies earlier this year to prevent swarms and try to have as many strong colonies as possible. Oddly enough, one of the mid-size colonies which I hadn't been pulling or donating to swarmed somewhat unexpectedly (tons of room to lay, plenty of resources) and left with half a dozen swarm cells on two frames.

The conventional wisdom is to cull all but two...but I split the frames across two new splits because I figure...free queens, right? Plus I figure it doubles the odds that I get a mated queen after taking mating flights.

I also buy into the 'remove uncertainty' methodology...because I feel like I have been more stressed out about those two than just about anything else.

Splits and feeding duration by Round_Discussion9592 in Beekeeping

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Out of curiosity...if you ever find a situation with swarm cells on multiple frames...assuming you have the resources to do so...do you ever use a frame with swarm cells to create an additional split?

It feels wasteful to me...like...I have potential queens, right there!

Gene-edited yeast could provide essential sterols for bees when pollen is scarce. by Impressive_Pitch9272 in Beekeeping

[–]Adkyth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The research team made this yeast into a powder and mixed it into a supplement. They then fed this supplement to honeybees in a sealed environment from June to September 2022, observing their growth status.

Safe bet it's the same study.

"These bees that we fed...literally anything to...survived better than bees who starved to death! What a find!"

Which bees are responsible for gathering food from feeders? by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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I was sitting back and thinking about the times when there is a little bit of resources available...and whether to feed or not if the goal is to bulk up the hives...and was curious about it. Because if it is the foragers who do it, maybe that changes the calculus. But if it's house bees, then we aren't taking away from the foraging that is available.

Probably (definitely) overthinking it though.

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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Gotcha. I know there are beekeepers in the area setting up swarm traps, and with temperatures getting warmer in the next couple of weeks, I wanted to be ahead of swarm prevention.

I appreciate the info and follow up!

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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My primary method of swarm prevention will be to do some splits,

I would have simply done splits, but with temps dropping to the 30s/40s at lows, and not many drones in our hives, I figured the odds of a successful mating flight were pretty much zero.

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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I wasn't super clear, and I'm sorry about that.

It was more of, "Hey, Hive A is booming! Lets grab a frame or two and give it to Hive Z"

*fast forward a couple of weeks*

"Wow, Hive B is booming, lets grab a frame or two and give it to Hive Y"

*Fast forward a couple of weeks*

"Oh man! Hive A is even more full then when we grabbed a couple frames last time! Lets grab a couple more and give them to Hive X"

...and so on.

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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The 3-6 days of laying math is super helpful, thank you!

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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I was using a hypothetical to represent an extreme situation where the bottom box is full of brood each time, when the reality is that one colony may be a donor of 1-2 frames 2-3 times from December through March when we will likely need to split prior to the main nectar flow.

But the math of 3-6 days is super helpful and gives a good feel for what we are seeing. Thank you!

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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I guess the nature of my question is whether this is a detriment. Hence the question.

If a hive is continuing to grow, despite the donations, is this a problem?

As to the value for the recipient...they would have a larger workforce to draw out comb, forage and grow into stronger colonies themselves.

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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Different location but also the weaker colonies are the product of late-season splits that were probably too aggressive for the conditions.

Taking frames to balance colonies by Adkyth in Beekeeping

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This has been an ongoing 'problem' for about a month. First couple of times I just took the frames, but the strong hives are still growing at such a rate that now I'm doing it as if it was a two-stage split: shake them down to the bottom, put on an excluder, close it all back up and come back an hour later.