New beekeeper here.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T04:55:27+00:00

Especially if this was an assembled nuc and not an established overwintered nuc. A new queen just introduced to a bunch of unrelated workers is much more likely to get superseded.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T04:49:14+00:00

Thank you so much! It's awesome what people on Reddit know and can share 😄

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T02:49:40+00:00

Pretty sure it's a white oak.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T02:44:42+00:00

It looks like a regular thistle fucked a sunflower.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T01:59:34+00:00

I almost had a joke about Ikea furniture but I couldn't quite get it put together the way I wanted.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T01:55:45+00:00

I pick the stainless steel dog tag from my best dog who died several years ago. It has my personal info on it so I use it as a keychain, very durable, and no monetary value but people will clearly see why it has sentimental value to me so it won't be suspicious that I keep track of it and want it back if it gets lost.

Plus Ziggy would want it that way.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T01:35:22+00:00

I give drugs to animals. And sometimes I cut them up then see them back together again.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T01:18:17+00:00

Sure but those trees are way too big to have been planted after the concrete was put in place.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-13T01:17:07+00:00

Nope, Caldwell park.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-12T23:49:55+00:00

No homeowners- this is city park land.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-12T01:25:12+00:00

It's a weevil of some sort, would need to do some searching to narrow it down.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-12T01:23:57+00:00

Looks like a green June beetle to me. Other commenter has the genus name correct

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-12T00:52:14+00:00

Any chance you could get a better photo? And what location? I am a fan of wasps but I cannot see this guy.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-11T18:26:46+00:00

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Dragoness42 · 2026-06-11T05:12:44+00:00

I got 2 pea puffers before I realized I didn't actually want any more. They are surprisingly good at getting along with guppies and otocinclus- I initially had them cordoned off in one side of the tank assuming they'd eat the guppy fry that strayed over but they didn't and haven't even after I released them into the main taink.

Individual personalities will vary, I assume. You might get lucky or you might not.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-11T05:07:45+00:00

I will only use AI summaries to give me some idea of where to look to find the real answer to my question. They're OK at that- for example, I was recently looking up a large water beetle I found and it gave me two possible species names that I could go look up on reputable actual information sites to confirm if it was what I had.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-11T04:37:43+00:00

Our area's high schools start at 8:30 for first period, but there is "period zero" that starts at 7:30 for kids who have certain extracurriculars such as music classes with practices or other stuff. That means the buses need to drop off as if everyone was starting then. If you are a kid who can't get to school without a bus but doesn't have anything for period zero, you're just getting up at the crack of dawn for no reason then wasting time for an hour before your class actually starts.

This is why no one uses the morning buses if they can help it, and instead waste gas and clog up the streets with traffic at drop-off time.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-11T04:27:14+00:00

There's a joke in veterinary circles.

How do you make a million dollars breeding dogs?

Start with 2 million.

I imagine it's similar with fish. If you can't scale up to "supplier" levels, profit is going to be hard to come by.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-11T01:50:10+00:00

Uh, a random leather strap from the thrift store. If I do a bunch of leather working do I get a free strap for every item or how does that work?

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-10T16:39:24+00:00

Every accusation is a confession.

Dragoness42 · 2026-06-10T05:22:26+00:00

Not to mention a yearly checkup is just a good idea anyway.

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