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>>6307600
>starting on dubs

QM got that royal jelly right away

>Italian bees
>willow-weaved

let’s just all bee ourselves

>>6307600
Well I'll be damned
>Italian bees
>willow-weaved
To bee is the answer

>>6307600
>Himalayan Giant-Cliff Honey Bee
>Dead Tree Trunk
Mad Honey time.

>>6307600
>Italian bees
>willow-weaved
Based and beepilled.

>>6307605
>>6307607
>>6307615
>>6307616
(You) are a modest beekeeper - state registered, although 15 and still attending high school
a few dozen kilometer north of Nice.
>Are you a boy or a girl?
You decided to reject modernity and embrace tradition, with a willow beehive you hand-weaved and a wild Italian Bee swarm you stumbled into while checking some plot of wood you recently inherited.
Of course, the obvious choice would be transhumance in lavender field, but this is a modern approach AND you're a one-beehive teenager while the biggest beekeeper of the region is a 30-man company the dreaded 3B, Bears Beekeeping Business, the local Wallace Giant's Bee that refuse to disappear in the convolutions of history.
You can also set your apiary near your home, however the honey-forage potential is poor and your neighbour David Malais have a nasty tendancy to spray hives with pesticides when treating his cornfields
Then, you can set the apiary in some woodlot you inherited recently from some wineseller cousin of your father that died from unealthy overweight mixed with excess drinking of his wares.
>Try to strike a deal with a Lavender Farmer
>Just set the hive in the garden
>Set the apiary in the woods

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>>6307618
>Set the apiary in the woods

let’s go innawoods

>are you a boy or a girl

boy

>>6307618
>apiary in the woods

>>6307618
>Set the apiary in the woods
we strike no deals and we are not risking our bees because of an annoying neighbour and his dirty pesticides
>are you a boy or a girl
a boy

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>>6307618
Not just a boy. A 6 ft 5in. shit brick house call Ben Jostar.
Bejo for short.

>Set the apiary in the woods

>>6307645
+1 If we aren't the most intimidating looking 15 year old beekeeper known to man I'm going to be disappointed.

>>6307618
>Girl
>Set the apiary in the woods

>>6307645
+1

My name is Ben Joestar, and I have a dream to be the greatest bee keeper in france

>>6307618
>>6307645
+1 to this. Clearly the only real choice

>>6307618
>Boy

>Set the apiary in the woods

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Straw, held together by wicker, coiled in a dome with an opening.
This makes for the perfect traditionnal beehive, as you've seen in the old black and white pictures of your ancestor from a couple or three centuries ago.And you can locally source your materials.

For the hive, it was a matter of opportunity really. Walking to your plot was empowering : on all earth, there is a place that is yours. It is here and there, you're the master of your woodland domains. The swarm was beginning to wax a branch. Thinking fast, you weaved the structure directly around the branch, then saw it and held it at man-level.
On one hand, you saved quite a bit of money, and your hive will be well-insulated. On the other, your hive is Frameless which will complexify maintenance and care.
Still you're not clueless - state-mandated Beekeeping classes for every midschooler tend to help - and the hive's roof is actually a clever fold that should give despite propolis and let you open and watch the swarm.

You are in the middle of March. Of course, as an high-schooler your time is limited...

Apiary : One colony [condition : good]

Chose one Apiary Action and one High School action
>Look for other wilds swarms in da woods
Having a single hive is risky. Things tend to go wrong quite fast. However, your swarm is in good condition
>Work on beehive prototype
Right now, your hive have several limitations :
- Honey gathering will kill the swarm (traditional method)
- can't simply grow or reduce the hive size
- can't divide the swarm for Queen breeding
However, the circular shape and letting the bees build freely come with their own sets of advantage : the beehive retains heat better this way, and bees can manage the space as they need.
>Clear the apiary zone of your wood plot
land have been unmaintained for a decade or two.
>Write in
High School action
>Hit on a girl
Make her fall in love, free labour for weaving hives and sewing beekeeping suits. And other practical purposes
>Bully some kid
Stress relief, maybe pocket change.
>Hit the library
Maybe you can find some insight in the Beekeeping shelves?
>Hit the workshop
Tools, a few materials open to use for the students... Perfect, isn't it?

>>6307803
>Clear the apiary zone of your wood plot
>Hit the workshop
Something to use the wood we clear for, maybe. Once we have the area cleared and set up to our liking, we can research and upgrade the beehive.

>>6307803
>>6307806
Support however to the internet I have (i remember this video from long ago) we build it as thus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItlOFLTUAs

>>6307809
That is something you can definitely build by picking the "Workshop" action.
Great video by teh way

>>6307803
>Clear the apiary zone of your wood plot
>Hit the workshop

Alright Workshop-bro.
What are you Workshopping? First time is free because I'll assume you'll forage what you need at home and at school.
>Build a Warre Hive Element
Pros : same element is hive, nucleus hive, super which is economical and convenient. Of all the "standard" hives, they're said to be the best tuned to the bee and its lifecycle, and allow the unique skill Warré Swarm Split Author bias is showing
Cons : Warré method is easier with an assistant than alone.
>Langstroth/Dadant
Almost the same. First is in inch, so inferior, while second is in centimeter and more used in french.
The defensors of Langstroth and Dadant are cult-like, despise each other, and often don't broadcast their allegiance. Picking one of this will make you friends and foes as well as entrenching you in the religion war.
>Bee Bottle
Will let you watch and extract honey easily, giving you more insight on bee life cycle. Plus, materials are easy to forage, so you can However, not being able to act against the Varroa Mite is a big minus, as is forcing your bees to live in direct sunlight and microplastics in your honey.
>Just weave another beehive
Embrace tradition. It'll bee good if you stumble in a swarm.

You can also build something else; just tell me what.
Smoker? Wax melter? Bee suit?
>>6307806
>>6307809
>>6307832

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>>6307914
>>6307840
>Bee Suit
They're fashionable, practical, and traditional.

>>6307840
>Bee suit

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>>6307840
>Warre Hive Element

we care about our industrious little buggers. they deserve the best and also I'm learning something

>bee suit

need some drip for all that honey

>>6308015
So, Warre is very interesting. It's a bit of a bee autist hive, that let you do nice stuff.
You stack elements. This year (after all our bee died because of peasant-induced chemicaling) we bought 4 hives with Buckfast nuclei and we trapped 2 wild swarms (italian). One of them died in less than 3 days, but my 5 hives are currently in good shape.
We raised 3 of them to 2 elements and 2 to 3 elements, should gather honey those days.
I've got a lot of asian hornet though : always 1 or 2 hovering near the hives Witnessed some European Hornet assault an asian one.

When we set up hives, I waxed 8 top bars and mixed top bars with built frame in the middle to fast-track their building, and leave them free to build in any shape they want - in particular, cut the angles to decrease heat loss in winter...
When winter will come, we can rotate the stack 90 degrees (or whatever inch-nail-spin you burger use for angle) to set the frames parallel to hive entrance so that they retain heat, and put them back perpendicular in Apris so they can ventilate better

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(You) spent most of your free time cutting down the weeds around the trees where you set your hive, resulting in a nice, cleaned, easily-walkable zone of work.
Working right near your hive let you assess the traffic - which is good, with the telltale bright yellow and orange of pollen puff brought in, necessary to feed the developping brood.
Then, there's obviously school taking up too much of your precious time - especially so early in the season, where much is to be done : after all, you registered as a licenced Beekeeper as soon as you lucked into the swarm on the plot of lands.
Chosing to work on the Bee Suit was smart, on two aspects. First, you didn't pissed of anyone with your odd (or heretical) choice of hive. Then, it signaled the whole school you're taking this matter really seriously, slightly raising your Social Standing.
Of course, this doesn't change that 95% of your classes are useless, not bee-related topics.

End of March action :
Apiary :
One colony [condition : good]
handmade beesuit
>Look for other wilds swarms in da woods
Having a single hive is risky. Things tend to go wrong quite fast. However, your swarm is in good condition
>Work on beehive prototype
What add on your current design?
>Patrol da wood to assert potential risks on your bees
>Write in allowed

High School
Social Standing : + (aspiring beekeeper)
>Try to hang out with some of the cool kids that are already licensed or successful beekeepers
>Hit on a girl
Make her fall in love, free labour for weaving hives and sewing beekeeping suits. And other practical purposes
>Bully some kid
Stress relief, maybe pocket change.
>Hit the library
Maybe you can find some insight in the Beekeeping shelves?
>Hit the workshop
Tools, a few materials open to use for the students... Perfect, isn't it?
>Focus on any not-bee related class for a passing grade (as if anyone would pick that)

>>6308051
>Look for other wilds swarms in da woods

>Try to hang out with some of the cool kids that are already licensed or successful beekeepers

Out of curiosity wouldn't you be doing effectively the same thing looking for wild swarms and patrolling the wood for potential risks? Like what would stop you from running into a wild swarm while looking for risks or vice versa?

Also not a vote but
>Focus on any not-bee related class for a passing grade (as if anyone would pick that)
Hey you never know if we study hard we could make it to bee college!

>>6308051
>>6308067
Support

>>6308051
>Patrol da wood to assert potential risks on your bees
>Try to hang out with some of the cool kids that are already licensed or successful beekeepers

>>6308067
>Out of curiosity wouldn't you be doing effectively the same thing looking for wild swarms and patrolling the wood for potential risks?
Because for swarm hunt, you try to cover as much ground as possible while keeping your ear and eyes up listening to the characteristic hummms.
For threats, you're methodically survey ground around your plot, looking for displeasant thing, some real, some specific from that alternate bee-mad universe.

Rolled 3 + 1 (1d3 + 1)

Alright.
>Create a NPC minigame!
put together a concept of high-schooler beekeeper; add a 1d100 roll to see how much created NPC likes BeJo
Rolling for swarms

>>6308237
it was supposed to be -1; oh well.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>6308237
Cesarie Apriori

An orphaned heir of a long line of beekeepers. Despite being similar in age to you, his skill and training surpass your mutual peers. He rightfully carries himself with pride over his skill in beekeeping and lineage, but this has hardly made him relatable to other kids. While he is respected, this made him somewhat of an outcast in school - always first and always alone.

>>6308270
Yeah this is what I get for phoneposting. Always read before you post, kids.

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>>6308270
He looks like that.
>Long line of Beekeepers
They have a classical hive preference
>Langstroth? Dadant? Warré?
He can also have a Lienage Quirk :
>Swarm Hunt
>Disease expert
>Retention expert
>Predator-management expert
>Honey Potential survey and optimisation
Any write in allowed.

>>6308273
>Dadant
>Honey Potential survey and optimisation

>>6308238
4chan is weird like that to get a negative modifier you have to type in +- just typing - results in getting a positive one

>>6308273
Dadant
>Predator management

fear him, for he commands bears to attack langstroth Hives. Peak management

>>6308316
That can be another one.
Feel free to provide a pic, a roll, and a description
You guys are correctly anticipating some of the bullshit nature things going, good job.

>>6308317
And a name.

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Rolled 87 (1d100)

Jacques Beauregard is the quiet guy in the back of the class.
He tries and works hard
He always loved digital animals and was blissed when he could take his beekeeping licence
But he is really bad at this
He can't recognise the bee species nor the flowers in his field
he kinda possess a lot that noone really wanted so the police is okay with him being hear.
No house nor other possession than the tent that he always carry, an absurdly big bag and 1 hive
His lack of knowledge is the reason that his only hive only produces mad honey at 20% of its capabilities
When he tries it he gets high, eats everything, wake up with nothing days later and the cycle repeats each year

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>6308316
kk

>>6308316
He is Jack Harrlock, and he is just a bit weird.
He tries to be social and cool, because his family lives out in the sticks.
There are words going round that he's inbred, but that's jsut bullying, probably.
The most popular member of the poker club, because he plays for cash and candy and He really really sucks at cards. And fashion.
Can drive tho. Probably illegal.

Okay so it's just not gonna upload the picture, Imagine someone dressed in a travelling cloak, and cloth clothes that absolutely are not just the cobbled together garments of a son of self reliant nature fanatics/cult

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Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>6308051
>Look for wild swarms

>Try to hang wirh the cool kids

>>6308237
Camille Takahashi-Morin, a young etymologist a couple years BeJo's senior, who is studying invasive species and novel athropod interactions, and who likes B-movies, but NOT Bee Movie.

>>6308346
>Asian gril
>Invasive species
Alright, she's obsessed with Asian Hornet.
Also with the 49 roll, she seems quite interrested in Cesarie

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>6308237
Elizabee Queen, the rich kid. Has her servants do all the work, not actually interested in bees. Only a beekeeper because it's popular and to get royal jelly

>>6308365
Dadant or Langstroth-aligned?

>>6308369
>Langstroth

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It's a tad early in the season. However, swarms are around : you found one, after all.
Striding far and fast, leveraging your strong build and persistance, you locate not one but two wild swarms. You mark the places as this time, you can't simply weave your hives around them : too high. Theorically, you should take an hive body - including a couple waxed frames, and a coupled honey-filled ones - bring it under the wild swarm, shake it down, let it get in and wait an hour to settle.
Then you should close the hive, bring it to the apiary, and voila.
Problem : you don't have any hive. You should act fast : not only settling swarms are vulnerable, not declaring them to the governement if you're unable to capture them yourself is illegal as bees are frail and endangered and a key for humanity's survival.
Instead of weaving one of your traditional hive (directly around the swarm), you try your best at socializing.
Word got around you have both your Beekeeping licence and been working on your own beesuit. Cesarie Apriori himself, sharing useless-nonbee-class N°3, nodded once in acknowledgement while crossing your path. Jack Harrlock, however, was frankly displeasant.
JH : "I KNOW you don't use the only house of god-made-many to Manbeekind salvation. Yo walkin on thin wax mate."
However, as the git is frail, malnourished and overall some kind of nutjob you don't break him like a twig here and now.
You got stucked one class with the weird quiet kid, always wearing his ridiculous red cap. Jacques Beauregard is a Warré user - of course he is.
JB : "So this third year, I'll try to restrain myself and don't eat everything after first spoon. But I have to sample the product... And it always gets hazy afterward"
At least, you learned the guy got spare elements.

You've also been hitted up by Elizabee, the madly popular girl.
EQ : "Well well well. Who would have known such a big boy's strong hand were also delicate enough to caress a bee without crushing it? Color me interested, honey...
Bejo : - That dress... It's not good to work in apiary.
EQ - And funny, with that! Anyway, if your standing keeps raising, I'll let you invite me to prom.
Bejo : - Wait, we're in France. We don't have a prom... Do we?
EQ - Silly bee, of course we have! I'm organizing it! And if you need any... Help... I'll lend you a drone or two, and of course a few Langstroth bodies. One body for another, fair trade."
Last, the Hornet freak, Camille Takahashi-Morin, seems like she's approaching all Beekeeper no matter their church affiliation.
CTM : "So, I'm giving a talk next week about Asian Hornet Queen trapping. Please consider attending it."

Regarding the wild swarms...
>Weave one of your traditional hive yourself. You'll catch only one yourself - you can give a tip regarding the second one to one of the Beekeepers [which one?]
>Get a couple Warré elements from Jacques Beauregard - you'll owe him one.
>Get a couple Langstroth bodies from Elizabee Queen


Beeposting still open for newcomers

Option 2
NUMERO DOS

We will get close to him and retrieve some mad honey to sell high

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Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>6308237
Paul Beesmuth
Son of a local politician, he has connections with various farmer's markets and knows how to sell things at the right price. His actual beekeeping knowledge is mediocre at best, but he's not afraid to dirty his hands in his quest for profit.

>>6308439
>Weave one of your traditional hive yourself. You'll catch only one yourself - you can give a tip regarding the second one to one of the Beekeepers [which one?]
Let's give it to Cesarie!

>>6308447
Based sarkozy name reference.
What's his allegiance in Hive Religion?

>>6308438
That pic is perfect for Elizabee
>Weave one of your traditional hive yourself. You'll catch only one yourself - you can give a tip regarding the second one to Cesarie Apriori

>>6308593
Most likely Varré for ease of use and easy moneys