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.
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
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
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.
Slushy honey is real lol
April 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Slushy honey is real lol
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. +
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
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
A wood stove is nice for disposing of old documents. I've amassed a few reams. It's been a wild ride. I need you all to know that if a tiny, elderly librarian grabs you and tells you that you must serve the term is like Starship Troopers: Until you die or they find someone better. #booksky #library
February 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Dogface knows when I've been playing on my phone too long.
"It's time to go to work," she says, with ungentle nose jabs and pinchy bites.
"It's time to go to work," she says, with ungentle nose jabs and pinchy bites.
February 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dogface knows when I've been playing on my phone too long.
"It's time to go to work," she says, with ungentle nose jabs and pinchy bites.
"It's time to go to work," she says, with ungentle nose jabs and pinchy bites.
In the big city of Coeur d'Alene for an appt with a specialist, told the boy child we could hit the parks at Riverstone. Rainy but I got a real PNW kid with a rainsuit. Hispanic construction crew busy throwing up $million and a half townhouses on every bit of flat dirt down there #Idaho #CDA #PNWkid
February 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
In the big city of Coeur d'Alene for an appt with a specialist, told the boy child we could hit the parks at Riverstone. Rainy but I got a real PNW kid with a rainsuit. Hispanic construction crew busy throwing up $million and a half townhouses on every bit of flat dirt down there #Idaho #CDA #PNWkid
Rained like a mother last night but no lakes. The ground is thawed, which is wild for February. Today is office work Monday. It's especially excruciating with the warm sun and so many trees that need pruning, like this gorgeous crabapple that got squished by a dirty old bear... #FalseSpring #Idaho
February 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rained like a mother last night but no lakes. The ground is thawed, which is wild for February. Today is office work Monday. It's especially excruciating with the warm sun and so many trees that need pruning, like this gorgeous crabapple that got squished by a dirty old bear... #FalseSpring #Idaho
Warm rain on snow and we're getting spring breakup in February. The worst part about these early warm storms is that the ground is still mostly frozen so instead of turning into groundwater like a slow melt would, our snowpack is running off.
February 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Warm rain on snow and we're getting spring breakup in February. The worst part about these early warm storms is that the ground is still mostly frozen so instead of turning into groundwater like a slow melt would, our snowpack is running off.
62% colony loss in the commercial bee industry last year. This is a beekeeper lead group, Browning is a big multi- generational Idaho Falls based beekeeper. Idaho is actually a really important crossroads between West coast pollination and central plains honey production. #Idaho #bees #beekeeping
February 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
62% colony loss in the commercial bee industry last year. This is a beekeeper lead group, Browning is a big multi- generational Idaho Falls based beekeeper. Idaho is actually a really important crossroads between West coast pollination and central plains honey production. #Idaho #bees #beekeeping
Lettuce, tomatoes and broccoli are sprouted. Every year we grow a big garden, enough to provide the majority of our veggies and we put up as much as we can handle processing. Much is wasted but getting this dialed in for a day, maybe soon, that we might need every calorie. #prepping #Trumpocalypse
February 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Lettuce, tomatoes and broccoli are sprouted. Every year we grow a big garden, enough to provide the majority of our veggies and we put up as much as we can handle processing. Much is wasted but getting this dialed in for a day, maybe soon, that we might need every calorie. #prepping #Trumpocalypse
Ski class and the obligatory Squatch selfie for the ladies. I'm the one in the hat.
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ski class and the obligatory Squatch selfie for the ladies. I'm the one in the hat.
A ride down Greta's trail on my steel edged cross country skis. They turned really nicely on the groomed runs.
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A ride down Greta's trail on my steel edged cross country skis. They turned really nicely on the groomed runs.
Can you believe the price of a ski trip these days? 😄
But seriously, what a gem the Pine Street Woods in Sandpoint is. Private/public partnership free trail, maintained through donations and volunteers. While I was there two busloads of kids showed up but was able to avoid them easily. #IdahoEscape
But seriously, what a gem the Pine Street Woods in Sandpoint is. Private/public partnership free trail, maintained through donations and volunteers. While I was there two busloads of kids showed up but was able to avoid them easily. #IdahoEscape
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can you believe the price of a ski trip these days? 😄
But seriously, what a gem the Pine Street Woods in Sandpoint is. Private/public partnership free trail, maintained through donations and volunteers. While I was there two busloads of kids showed up but was able to avoid them easily. #IdahoEscape
But seriously, what a gem the Pine Street Woods in Sandpoint is. Private/public partnership free trail, maintained through donations and volunteers. While I was there two busloads of kids showed up but was able to avoid them easily. #IdahoEscape