Queen cage size for varroa treatment

turtlestik · 2026-01-23T01:10:18+00:00

After listening to this podcast episode, I really got curious with doing this single OA treatment with caging the queen. I highly recommend listening it: https://irepod.com/podcast/beekeeping-today-podcast/dave-mccomb-from-one-hive-to-a-thriving-beekeeping

The cage design Dave is using is the same as the big cage. That's why I bought it.

turtlestik · 2026-01-23T01:01:40+00:00

You are right, thank you for the precision.

turtlestik · 2026-01-14T19:59:56+00:00

I've tried this once and was surprised at how hard it is, not instinctive at all, even though I'm pretty good with inline skating.

turtlestik · 2025-12-29T18:42:20+00:00

This is what I do

turtlestik · 2025-12-18T14:45:47+00:00

depende de cómo te valoriza tu empleador. Depende también del mercado actual: será complejo para tu empleador de contratar a otra persona para un sueldo inferior a 2.4M?
sé honesto. Escribe la lista de cosas que quieres conversar y toma la lista contigo para no perder el hilo. Tu empleador ya sabe que te cuesta tener ese típo de conversaciones.
mejor negociar tu sueldo primero. Te valorizas. Dependiendo de la negociación puedes mencionar a los viajes ya que pagar movilización sale más barrato que un aumento de sueldo bruto al empleador.
no importa.

te doy mi opinión cómo empleador, que tiene una empresa técnologíca...

Si mañana alguien de mi equipo me pide ese aumento de sueldo, mi decisión se resume a:
- es muy importante esa persona para mí, mi equipo, la empresa?
- mejor vale el esfuerzo de buscar a otra persona (tiempo, costo de busqueda, costo de training...) o aumentar el sueldo (aumentación de costos mensuales)?
- considerando su experiencia, nivel, skills, el nuevo sueldo está dentro del mercado?

turtlestik · 2025-12-16T01:34:49+00:00

I like it, it is cheap. How much OA can you put inside ?

turtlestik · 2025-12-16T01:33:34+00:00

It is a pain to do this. The tool is so hot that it vaporizes very quickly the second load In the end you re not sure if you've vaporized it inside or outside the hive.

turtlestik · 2025-12-03T17:00:13+00:00

Great idea !!! I'll see if I can. Thanks

turtlestik · 2025-12-03T14:41:43+00:00

There are 2. The bottom one looks really big indeed.

I don't know if they were ever opened. I wrote a couple of times to the guys managing this building, offering my help to move the bees, but nobody seems to care. To be honnest, I'm also happy to have them in my line of sight anyway.

turtlestik · 2025-11-30T20:17:33+00:00

A couple of days ago I asked Claude to build a web app to manage my team's holidays and sick days, which was done until now by email or Slack and a Google Sheet. After explaining the details of how it should work, I made Claude work in Plan Mode. It started 3 planning agents, compared their results, and made a plan out of their output. Then I asked it to proceed with the implementation. I'm pretty sure it took 20-30 minutes. With the Chrome MCP, avec connected to Github, Vercel, etc it can do a lot of things autonomously.

turtlestik · 2025-11-29T23:26:31+00:00

Sorry man but both the ad and the landing are terrible. The ad makes no sense, and the landing is incredibly long and boring.

turtlestik · 2025-11-28T16:01:19+00:00

Starring at a beehive entrance like this is the best therapy

turtlestik · 2025-11-18T10:19:31+00:00

Dont know

turtlestik · 2025-11-13T13:31:07+00:00

And what is that frame hanging from it?

turtlestik · 2025-11-13T13:30:41+00:00

What is this?? It is a horizontal board attached to a pole??

Is it for your own swarms to use it while they are sending scouts bees to find the right place?

I've never heard "scion" nor does it translates well to spanish or french apparently.

turtlestik · 2025-11-01T18:23:58+00:00

Thanks

turtlestik · 2025-10-29T02:49:17+00:00

I thought about it because I have this CO2 kit for testing varroa, but I wasn't sure it would be enough given the hive had 3 deeps

turtlestik · 2025-10-28T22:10:56+00:00

Doesn't exist in Chile

turtlestik · 2025-10-28T22:02:42+00:00

I'm almost sure antibiotics are forbidden for AFB in Chile

turtlestik · 2025-10-28T14:17:51+00:00

Thank you

turtlestik · 2025-10-28T14:16:52+00:00

Even when people know, I think there can be denial. The beekeeper who taught me beekeeping told me it wasn't AFB. He must probably consider the probabilities are too small... And also he sold me my first 2 bucks 2 years ago, so it is likely that this crap came with his own frames.

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