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Research and findings, mostly about what beekeeping law actually says and how hard it is to find out.
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Print the nuc tunnel adapters yourself
A free 3D printed set that runs a five frame Pro Nuc entrance through a wall on 1 inch hose. The box is never cut or drilled, the wall takes one 35mm hole from a standard Forstner bit, and the rear plug now carries a CO2 sensor and a contact microphone. STLs, CC BY 4.0.
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Growing a nuc in the garage
A five frame nuc raised indoors with its entrance run through the wall on a hose, to keep a small colony out of robbing pressure through a dearth. The variable under test is not the hose. It is venting the colony indoors, so the one opening to outside has no hive smell behind it. Live camera, success criteria set in advance.
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It died before I tried to save it
A colony went down to varroa, and by the time I understood it, it was already finished. What I did next was not a rescue, it was an experiment on what was left. It answered its question in two days and then the box was robbed out.
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Host the law, do not guard the door
Three of the four companies that publish America's municipal codes invite search engines in their robots file and then refuse to serve anyone. One of them does not. Here is what we measured in California, why it applies in every state, and what we think the business should be.
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Two documents decide whether you can keep bees in California
We read all 512 city and county beekeeping codes. Most are copies of one of two originals, and which one your city copied decides whether backyard beekeeping is possible where you live.