New shoes for the ol’ gal

The only real appearance thing we’ve done to the truck is replace the wheels and tires. The tires that came with the truck still had nearly 100% of the tread remaining, but they where very old and the sidewalls were checked, making them questionable. We don’t really plan on driving the truck far or fast,…

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Step 2: BeeCam – Headless RPI

Summary You can get started with the RPI HDMI-connected to a TV, but you’ll ultimately need to access it remotely, once you move it near the hives. For full graphical desktop access, you can use the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) package, or for simpler tasks you can just use SSH for a remote command line….

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Build Your Own BeeCam Step 1: Basics

Step 1: Basics for your BeeCam Contents Why the R. Pi? What to order How to set it up, attached to a monitor and home network Purpose Getting started and building with Raspberry Pi is well documented, but everyone seems to have a different solution. When I was getting started, I found myself spending too…

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Build Your Own BeeCam

Back in 2015, in the dawn of IOT (internet of things) development, I purchased a Raspberry Pi using my birthday money. I had hoped with just a little investment, I could collect data and build a webcam for my bees and then, anytime I needed a little “zen,” I could whip out my phone and…

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Barn Conversion Complete

I’m very delinquent in getting this posted, as I completed the barn conversion over a year ago. Now that I’m no longer working, I guess I have no excuse for getting so far behind… After all the interior walls were removed, I poured concrete footings for the posts required to support the new glulam beams….

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Smoking: Girls Best Friend

I use smoke on the hives only when I’m doing a complete inspection. Seems like it’d be easy to light paper on fire, but starting fire at the bottom of a can is actually a little tricky. I have it down finally. Here is my stuff that I love with the steps enumerated: Paper: Shredded/dry…

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