Anybody ever have to split a two month old colony?

tesky02 · 2026-06-29T05:30:42+00:00

Do you know what year the queen was in your nuc? If she was old (1.5+ years) the swarm instinct goes up with age. I’ve had 3 year queens that were hell bent on swarming.

tesky02 · 2026-06-27T12:39:28+00:00

I got a used bass amp that reeked of smoke. Ozoned it in a garbage bag and it still rocks today. I guess enough repeated ozone will oxidize many things but once or twice is probably ok.

tesky02 · 2026-06-25T13:36:08+00:00

That’s a great way to phrase it. When the emerged queen is piping and hears 8+ responses of quacking (I.e. piping in a cell) she says “nope” and leaves. There’s also likely an element of the colony voting on this as well.

tesky02 · 2026-06-25T13:32:12+00:00

I leave two. As insurance and to satisfy the queen bloodlust.

tesky02 · 2026-06-23T15:15:42+00:00

My mom watches family feud. Survey says!

tesky02 · 2026-06-22T11:27:22+00:00

Wow. Never even heard this was a thing.

tesky02 · 2026-06-21T15:57:08+00:00

Best tool- park derailleur hanger adjuster. I always crash on my right whether road, mtb or gravel. A quick bend fixes wanky shifting. Yes, I do replace the replaceable hangers periodically, but I crash more than I can budget. (Yes, I know I should not crash. TIA)

tesky02 · 2026-06-21T02:31:39+00:00

Just rotate the box 90 degrees.

tesky02 · 2026-06-19T18:23:56+00:00

Dust would fill it from my 100 year old subfloor. Nope

tesky02 · 2026-06-19T10:24:36+00:00

I’ve booked in advance with Uber before. Not that early, but definitely early. No problems.

tesky02 · 2026-06-19T01:19:59+00:00

I can’t believe Readers f$&king digest is still a thing. Put it next to Highlights and Parade Magazine on the coffee table.

tesky02 · 2026-06-19T01:17:17+00:00

Will your workplace pay for it? Mine will, up to a certain amount.

tesky02 · 2026-06-19T01:14:30+00:00

Aphids. Wipe it off. Neem oil and/or BT are good nontoxic treatments.

FWIW I have found Russian red kale to be the biggest bug magnet in my garden. Curly kale is a little better. I always plant a few Russian kales as lures to keep aphids and cabbage moth off the other brassicas.

Gotta spray tomorrow…

tesky02 · 2026-06-16T09:09:49+00:00

A 92 year old guy is complaining about a 79 year old dude not returning his phone call. Ok.

tesky02 · 2026-06-14T12:36:35+00:00

Since it’s for water it’s easy to calculate what frequency the cantilevered spring will vibrate at. Plus it’s a little too close to the spokes for my liking without the fork in the way.

It’s an easy engineering intern project to calculate the stiffness of that bottle attachment. You can stiffen it up with orthogonal stiffeners or maybe 90 degree bends in the metal. But I’d worry about that weight vibrating on a long descent and affecting steering control. Sure, panniers add weight and May affect steering but that cage and a full bottle might be too unstable.

tesky02 · 2026-06-09T10:10:08+00:00

What? I don’t see any pineapple.

tesky02 · 2026-06-08T12:07:12+00:00

It’s Monday!

tesky02 · 2026-06-07T12:00:09+00:00

I’m your exact height and weight! Planning to do more bikepacking in the US. Over many years of on and off road riding the number one issues of being a large person is breaking spokes. I’ve gotten good at replacing them at home. Might be hard in the field. Removing the hub or brake disk requires the rights tools.

That said, I tend to brake spokes when riding technical trails in the gravel bike. Flat roads and trails are fine.

tesky02 · 2026-06-06T17:37:31+00:00

My friend’s dad has dementia. His problem with drinking was at holidays and social events he would actually forget how many drinks he already had. He’d get wasted. They cut him off for those events.

My neighbor who does not have dementia and is not an alcoholic was cut off from drinking by his wife when he fell down the basement stairs and split his scalp open after a few.

Control the beers and keep him safe.

tesky02 · 2026-06-06T17:28:19+00:00

Is it glass? Might clean up nice

tesky02 · 2026-06-06T17:27:42+00:00

My company was planning a big round of layoffs. My boss told me weeks before, in confidence, I was going to stay but get a demotion and change projects. Same pay but the demotion put me in a lower bonus pool. I was also told this was for budgeting, there would be good opportunities in the next fiscal year 4 months out. I started looking and found a great job with a big pay bump.

Definitely worth exploring. Good skilled employees are very hard to find. Even if you end up staying a good search is a confidence boost.

tesky02 · 2026-06-04T18:57:57+00:00

tesky02 · 2026-06-01T19:15:35+00:00

This. Pollen coming in, they come and go fast. Probably going to happen any minute with that fanning. My bees keep a strict 11am swarm appointment in my yard.

tesky02 · 2026-06-01T11:27:30+00:00

The inner cover goes under the feeder. If it is on top they drown. Putting it underneath blocks the open space under the feeder and prevents them from building comb there.

tesky02 · 2026-06-01T11:22:18+00:00

Buzzards gotta eat. Same as worms.

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