solominer in #hive-163521 • 11 days agoBitcoin's 2024 halving will occur near the next solar maximumWhen the sun becomes more active, it can cause havoc on the electrical system. And many consider the hardening on the grid currently in place is inadequate for a strong solar…solominer in #hive-163521 • 2 months agoNew bee species making a home in my bee boardsI have expanded my solitary bee homes to new locations. One of them is further up in the mountains from my home, and I was curious what kind of bees would check out the homes I…solominer rebloggedstemgeeks STEMGeeks Teamin #hive-167922 • 2 months agoHow is STEMGeeks.net doing?I was looking at the web traffic of our front end and noticed some curious things. The active daily users is actually doing quite welsolominer in #hive-163521 • 3 months agoBuilding an open air computerNormally PCs are enclosed in a case, with good airflow pulling cold air from the front and blasting the hot air out the rear. But there are other types of computer cases that are…solominer in #hive-163521 • 4 months agoBattery replacement on one of my solar power rigsI set up a single panel and battery to power a pump that pulls the condensation from my air conditioners, during our humid summers. I did this a few years back, and after pumping…solominer in #hive-173511 • 4 months agoMason bee larvae spinning cocoonsWhile I was putting away my bee boards for the season, one of them came apart. I left it outside to observe how the larva goes through their transformation. At this point they…solominer in #hive-163521 • 4 months agoSolar powered landscape lights project - Terminals and a second batteryMy setup has been running for a few weeks now, and I got myself some good battery terminals to install. Previously I had just wrapped extra wire around the poles, but I found the…solominer in #hive-173511 • 4 months agoBeehive inspection a few days after splitMy strong hive had grown so much, it was getting overfilled. I noticed a change in the bees behavior and went to work giving them more space. We do this by doing a "split"…solominer in #hive-163521 • 5 months agoSolar powered landscape lights project - Making connectionsWith the landscape lights in place, it is now time to connect the battery, solar panels and lights into the junction box. This will allow easy connection and disconnection of…solominer in #hive-129017 • 5 months agoSolar powered landscape lights project - Digging the trenchesSince building my first solar project, I have wanted to do more. Though my water pump build for my A/C barrels did not need more power. So I had to think up a new use for a solar…solominer in #hive-173511 • 5 months agoHoney bees Month 2: Hive cross comb and a splitIt has been a few months since I have posted an update on my Honey bees. They are doing great, so well in fact they were planning on swarming. That can happen when a hive…solominer in #hive-173511 • 5 months agoBehavior of Mason bees right before a rainstormWe had a rainstorm come in during the peak of this solitary bee season. The little bees up till the rain started were still foraging for pollen, nectar and mud. But once the rain…solominer in #hive-173511 • 5 months agoUp close to the bee hive - Macro videoWe get even closer to the hive in this next video, seeing what the bees are doing right by the entrance to their hive. I set up my macro lens as close as possible and collect…solominer in #hive-173511 • 6 months agoView of the entrance to the hiveAs I come up on a month of having bee hives, I need to do an update video talking about it and showing where I am at inside the hive. I did capture some recent video of the…solominer in #hive-173511 • 6 months agoMason bees hatching Part 1Recently I shared a trailer on LBRY showing just a few minutes of a bee chewing through its spun cocoon. In this post I have uploaded almost twenty minutes of content including…solominer in #hive-173511 • 7 months agoHoney bee comb progress - Macro videoIt has almost been a whole week since each of the hives have been filled with three and a half pounds of bees. The queen has now been freed and should start increasing the hives…solominer in #hive-173511 • 7 months agoHoney bees Day 3: Checking on the queens and changing entrance reducersI was told by the bee provider I should check on the queen to see if shes been freed within a few days. The workers have to eat through a candy plug to free her and I was there…solominer in #hive-173511 • 7 months agoBeehive observations a few days inThe bees have had over the weekend to adjust to their new surroundings. I can see some of the bees bringing in pollen on their legs which is great. And the queen is almost free…solominer in #hive-173511 • 7 months agoHoney bees Day 2: adding sugar water and ant barriersAfter installing the packages, I gave them some time to adjust. But I was concerned about how much sugar water they needed. Especially in the top feeders that only hold about a…solominer in #hive-173511 • 7 months agoInstalling my packages of Honey beesI got myself enough bees to start off two hives, around 20,000 bees total. They arrived in these wooden crates, the queens are in little containers and there are sugar water…
