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Email journaling creates a powerful, low-effort system for garden planning, reminders, and reflection. Several journaling apps work directly with email entries, too! You can always copy and paste emails into a journaling app or, in my case, a spreadsheet. It’s …
From Hand-Coded HTML to Modern Content Management Systems Let’s get my credentials out of the way. I built my first website in 1999 using pure HTML. Since then, I’ve worked with various early web platforms and CMSs, from Angelfire and …
We often get asked what cameras we use in our bee house—and we’re happy to share! Like a lot beekeepers, we rely on cameras to track bee traffic and foraging activity, which helps us gauge colony strength. They’re also good …
What temperature should Flow frames reach for bees to start filling them? To get bees to actively enter, accept, and start filling a Flow frame, the internal temperature of that specific super needs to reach 85°F to 92°F (29°C to …
The Makers IP LLC design is a Slovenian AŽ-style beehive using double deep frames. Standard Langstroth boxes are split vertically in the middle, separating left to right with a divider. The top deep box has six Flow-style frames divided by …
The Makers IP Bee House is an ongoing experiment based on the traditional Slovenian AŽ hive design. Read more about the Bee House experiment here. In this post, we detail the electronics we use to power, monitor, and maintain the …
1. What is a perfect day for a honeybee in Monterey, TN (38574, on the Cumberland Plateau)? Including optimal foraging conditions, temperatures, humidity, rain level, low wind, and good sunlight. A perfect day for a honeybee in Monterey, TN involves a sunny …
