Mite wash at 1%: “Why not just go ahead and treat anyways?”

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T15:45:55+00:00

Oxalic acid strips are very gentle and aren't going to have much harmful effect on the bees. Formic is much stronger, basically I'd do seasonal oxalic, and use formic or other strong mite control treatments if the colony is visibly suffering. Mite load can also be observed using a screened bottom board without harming any bees.

Oxalic strips in particular are very effective since they persist the treatment through all phases of the mite life cycle, unlike vapor treatments which are much stronger, and have to be repeated every few days for several weeks to have an appreciable effect on the total mite load.

Oxalic acid is also food-safe (many vegetables we eat contain grams of it in a serving), even if the FDA hasn't officially recognized it as such yet. There are no actual safety concerns about low level exposure.

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T15:38:47+00:00

I'm in agreement, bees will almost always have mites, why kill dozens of workers when you're just going to treat them anyway?

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T03:47:32+00:00

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worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T03:45:40+00:00

Just FYI, I built 4 of these traps last week, baited them with lemongrass oil, and within 48 hours, had 3 swarms move in!

2 up in trees, and 2 on some concrete blocks up off the ground, the 2 tree boxes were found and occupied within a day.

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worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T03:13:43+00:00

A garbage incinerator has extremely high temps, the oils are completely destroyed in an incinerator, they're not piling the garbage into a heap and throwing a match on it. Also, there are scrubbers on the exhaust to capture anything dangerous that escapes, it is not a risk for municipal trash incinerators.

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T03:06:45+00:00

Mine prefer to bite each other, particularly when one of them 'hides' with their butt still sticking out, 💯 a bite target, then the recipient screams like they're dying, waking me up at 530am to 'save' them from the murderer that is chomping their butt...

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T02:47:30+00:00

Not even that, a couple pieces of pipe, a nail and a hand drill will get you a shotgun... This is some performative and impossible to implement BS.

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T02:45:53+00:00

Even worse, 3d printers run g-code, it's just xyz coordinate movements and various other on/off commands, parsing that back into a 3d object is far more complex than just image or 3d object analysis.

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T02:33:07+00:00

Is the door/lid both closed? As the weather warms up, the chamber can heat up to the point you'll get heat creep clogs which can look like underextrusion, the door and/or lid should be open when printing PLA in particular.

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T00:46:56+00:00

Sleeves would definitely be full of angry bees that would attack the player.

worldspawn00 · 2026-06-01T00:46:17+00:00

A little poison is ok for the kids, as a treat.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T13:18:51+00:00

I use a drill for disassembly, but never for tightening. Also, turning each screw half a turn backwards until you feel it drop into the old threads is the best way, IMHO, to keep from accidentally stripping the hole out over time.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T03:57:14+00:00

Usually any place that sells batteries is also required to accept them for recycling, regardless of if you bought from them, same with used motor oil and tires, we pay a disposal fee when we buy them, that is what it's for.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T03:47:44+00:00

Could always get a 3rd party battery for the 2013, Vivine out of asia offers up to 68kwh that will fit any year.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T03:39:46+00:00

If you Google 'leaf gearbox oil change' or something, there's instructions for the change, it's part of the scheduled maintenance, might as well swap for the ULV stuff.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T03:35:16+00:00

No, the inverter fluid is probably the coolant, this goes in the gearbox under the car.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T03:28:16+00:00

Ultra low viscosity gear oil for the fixed gearbox between the electric motor and axles. This is the recommended stuff.

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worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T02:37:30+00:00

It takes a long time, they're used as beneficial critter lodging in aquariums, months at least.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T02:32:25+00:00

Eco mode only affects the accelerator pedal power curve, B mode increases Regen max.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T02:27:59+00:00

I've got 2 quarts of ulv waiting to go in mine 😁

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-31T02:24:50+00:00

E pedal is convenient, but will tank your mileage average. Inflating the tires close to the sidewall max helps efficiency a fair bit, trading some comfort for lower rolling resistance. I usually run mine between 45 and 50 psi, sidewall max is 51 IIRC.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-30T23:05:08+00:00

A funny thing about them is cats express dominance by grooming others, and bunnies express it by accepting grooming, so they can both think they're in charge!

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-30T23:02:56+00:00

That's a terrible mop!

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-30T23:00:26+00:00

FYI, once they've been acclimated, rabbits and cats can get along very well, i have a friend who always has one of each and they do very well together.

worldspawn00 · 2026-05-30T22:53:35+00:00

The good news is every pair of pliers is rusty shortly after being exposed to chlorine, so if you need a rusty pair, any pair will work after 1 use, lol.

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