Beau Daggett
@beaudaggett.bsky.social
Benevolent overlord to a million biting, stinging minions. Defender of the library. Small business owner. Sarcastic skeptic. North Idaho local.
There are times in your life when movies like Donnie Darko make sense. You can see that inevitable terror of the future paved out before you and you can do nothing but watch it unfold.
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There are times in your life when movies like Donnie Darko make sense. You can see that inevitable terror of the future paved out before you and you can do nothing but watch it unfold.
Now tell us about the "shart waddle"
May 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Now tell us about the "shart waddle"
Are we putting window air conditioners in already? Really? I always try to hold off till July but we might not make it to June!
May 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Are we putting window air conditioners in already? Really? I always try to hold off till July but we might not make it to June!
Lol, rookies. Anyone tell me why they think this queen wasn't released? Sold most of my nucs and finished my checkbacks on the re-queens. Still have 96 hives to work through and 10 yards to move in but we have company coming and Sunday is Mother's day so swarmy bees have to wait. Ugh. #beekeeping
May 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lol, rookies. Anyone tell me why they think this queen wasn't released? Sold most of my nucs and finished my checkbacks on the re-queens. Still have 96 hives to work through and 10 yards to move in but we have company coming and Sunday is Mother's day so swarmy bees have to wait. Ugh. #beekeeping
Starlings nest above
They poop on all of my things
I will not kill them
They poop on all of my things
I will not kill them
May 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Starlings nest above
They poop on all of my things
I will not kill them
They poop on all of my things
I will not kill them
Whew! Just over 24hrs for my loop of the interior PNW. I see the "Don't Pave Paradise" bumper stickers in Moscow couldn't outlast the grumpy farmer holding up the 4-lane. Kinda weird to see ribbons of asphalt through wheat fields. I took 55 to Boise to bum dinner off my mom before loading at dusk.
May 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Whew! Just over 24hrs for my loop of the interior PNW. I see the "Don't Pave Paradise" bumper stickers in Moscow couldn't outlast the grumpy farmer holding up the 4-lane. Kinda weird to see ribbons of asphalt through wheat fields. I took 55 to Boise to bum dinner off my mom before loading at dusk.
It's a good day to travel the spine of Idaho. I have been driving this road for 30 years now. We have such a beautiful state and the weather is great. Here you see the crystal Clearwater river as it enters scenic Lewiston. #Idaho
April 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's a good day to travel the spine of Idaho. I have been driving this road for 30 years now. We have such a beautiful state and the weather is great. Here you see the crystal Clearwater river as it enters scenic Lewiston. #Idaho
Heading down the highway to pick up bees for my hobby customers. It's funny, my shop and theirs are both about a mile from Highway 95 but 400 miles apart. The fastest way is to go 395 to I84 through Wa. and Ore. but sometimes I like the scenic route. Who votes I go Idaho today? #Idaho #beekeeping
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Heading down the highway to pick up bees for my hobby customers. It's funny, my shop and theirs are both about a mile from Highway 95 but 400 miles apart. The fastest way is to go 395 to I84 through Wa. and Ore. but sometimes I like the scenic route. Who votes I go Idaho today? #Idaho #beekeeping
I am constantly astounded by the selflessness of bees. As my box of queens were dying, the attendants were literally giving up the last of their own water to keep the queens alive. 55/100 were doing fine after a night in a hive full of nurse bees, and are already installed in new homes. #beekeeping
April 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I am constantly astounded by the selflessness of bees. As my box of queens were dying, the attendants were literally giving up the last of their own water to keep the queens alive. 55/100 were doing fine after a night in a hive full of nurse bees, and are already installed in new homes. #beekeeping
All the food was gone and the water supply sponges were bone dry by the time my box of queens arrived at 5:30 pm last night. Tenders were dead but amazingly, about half the queens were still moving. I pulled the dead and got everyone into the bank. We'll see who makes it. #beekeeping
April 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
All the food was gone and the water supply sponges were bone dry by the time my box of queens arrived at 5:30 pm last night. Tenders were dead but amazingly, about half the queens were still moving. I pulled the dead and got everyone into the bank. We'll see who makes it. #beekeeping
The sky gods are playing at ninepins today. Thankfully they seem to be keeping it to the mountains. Yarding out the bees into honey locations 24 hives to a yard takes a bit. Artax can hold 64 plus 8 on the trailer so I'm filling 3 yards a trip. 3 down, still a few to go... #beekeeping
April 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The sky gods are playing at ninepins today. Thankfully they seem to be keeping it to the mountains. Yarding out the bees into honey locations 24 hives to a yard takes a bit. Artax can hold 64 plus 8 on the trailer so I'm filling 3 yards a trip. 3 down, still a few to go... #beekeeping
Queen bank is ready but there are no queens in it. Claiming weather delays (it's been unseasonably warm and clear here...) UPS has a box of 100 queens that were supposed to be here yesterday sitting on a shelf somewhere, dying. What am I supposed to do with $3k worth of dead bugs? #beekeeping
April 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Queen bank is ready but there are no queens in it. Claiming weather delays (it's been unseasonably warm and clear here...) UPS has a box of 100 queens that were supposed to be here yesterday sitting on a shelf somewhere, dying. What am I supposed to do with $3k worth of dead bugs? #beekeeping
Bucephalus is ready for his 2 hours of fame. The semi shows up tonight and we'll be hauling them off at the crack of dawn. This truck can carry 128 hives so he'll be able to get them all up to Honeybee Hollow in 3 trips. From there Artax will yard them out. Bucephalus is too fat for most of my yards
April 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Bucephalus is ready for his 2 hours of fame. The semi shows up tonight and we'll be hauling them off at the crack of dawn. This truck can carry 128 hives so he'll be able to get them all up to Honeybee Hollow in 3 trips. From there Artax will yard them out. Bucephalus is too fat for most of my yards
Bees will be back from Washington apple pollination any day now. They'll be swarmy so I need to make a hundred splits right away. I have the equipment ready, except for lids. The lids are all cut but need to be assembled. And some ADD asshat has been dumping all his damn side projects on my bench.
April 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bees will be back from Washington apple pollination any day now. They'll be swarmy so I need to make a hundred splits right away. I have the equipment ready, except for lids. The lids are all cut but need to be assembled. And some ADD asshat has been dumping all his damn side projects on my bench.
So, got chicks yesterday. An hour drive and the farm store only had ducks. Hit the second one. They got the chicks in the mail about 9 a.m. but let them settle in till 10:30 before they sold them to us. I chose 2 of each variety of pullets they had, 8 total. They boxed them up and I hurried home. +
April 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So, got chicks yesterday. An hour drive and the farm store only had ducks. Hit the second one. They got the chicks in the mail about 9 a.m. but let them settle in till 10:30 before they sold them to us. I chose 2 of each variety of pullets they had, 8 total. They boxed them up and I hurried home. +
Headed to the farm store to join the chicken line so I can take a number and hopefully get some layers in a few hours when they show up. Wild.
April 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Headed to the farm store to join the chicken line so I can take a number and hopefully get some layers in a few hours when they show up. Wild.
Putting away the winter jackets and thought I'd leave a little something for Fall me. Lord knows he's probably going to need it. #Trumpflation
April 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Putting away the winter jackets and thought I'd leave a little something for Fall me. Lord knows he's probably going to need it. #Trumpflation
On the plus side, all this government crap means I might have just snagged an economist to be my bookkeeper and sales manager. #overqualified #goingprivate
April 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On the plus side, all this government crap means I might have just snagged an economist to be my bookkeeper and sales manager. #overqualified #goingprivate
My wife is a public school teacher and just had to tell me about two boys that her school just enrolled. Foster situation, boys are 5th and 6th grade by age but have been 'homeschooled'. Neither can read or write at a first grade level. The older boy knows numbers to 40. They're very sweet tho...
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My wife is a public school teacher and just had to tell me about two boys that her school just enrolled. Foster situation, boys are 5th and 6th grade by age but have been 'homeschooled'. Neither can read or write at a first grade level. The older boy knows numbers to 40. They're very sweet tho...
In deep red north Idaho, they still believe he's saving them. They believe the propaganda, and they'll still go to the mat to defend it. I don't think they'll understand what's happening until they lose their jobs. Who, then, shall they blame? Not the snake, I'll wager.
Elections have consequences
April 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In deep red north Idaho, they still believe he's saving them. They believe the propaganda, and they'll still go to the mat to defend it. I don't think they'll understand what's happening until they lose their jobs. Who, then, shall they blame? Not the snake, I'll wager.
Tariffs kill bees. While we can (maybe) expect a slight bump in honey prices, the input costs of beekeeping are already rising far higher than price controls could absorb. Our #1 revenue stream though is pollination, and those farmers rely heavily on export markets. Our biggest cost... #beekeeping
April 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tariffs kill bees. While we can (maybe) expect a slight bump in honey prices, the input costs of beekeeping are already rising far higher than price controls could absorb. Our #1 revenue stream though is pollination, and those farmers rely heavily on export markets. Our biggest cost... #beekeeping
Volcanoes and mighty rivers. I do enjoy the scenery in the PNW. The bees are fed and medicated and off to make some Washington apples for a few weeks. G'luck ladies! #beekeeping
April 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Volcanoes and mighty rivers. I do enjoy the scenery in the PNW. The bees are fed and medicated and off to make some Washington apples for a few weeks. G'luck ladies! #beekeeping