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Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off

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186 points pseudolus | 3 comments | 01 Jul 25 10:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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oezi ◴[01 Jul 25 14:56 UTC] No.44434518[source]▶
There are some technological ideas to help bees be healthier such as special bee hives which have more natural topology and help the bees spend less energy on cooling/heating the hive. Example for a cylindrical hive: https://www.hiive.eu/en/
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tantalor ◴[01 Jul 25 15:20 UTC] No.44434789[source]▶
We could install HVAC in each hive.

Can heat pumps be scaled down to that size?

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newsclues ◴[01 Jul 25 15:28 UTC] No.44434897[source]▶
there are simple, no power, designs that have existed for a long time that would be a better way to go.

kiss

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1. aspenmayer ◴[01 Jul 25 15:37 UTC] No.44434992[source]▶
I'm thinking something like a wind-powered rotating attic fan.
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2. newsclues ◴[01 Jul 25 18:03 UTC] No.44436516[source]▶
No power and no moving parts are good design goals.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher

Perforated Double Skinned Exterior

Lots of cool tech from the past

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3. aspenmayer ◴[01 Jul 25 18:10 UTC] No.44436592[source]▶
Sometimes the old ways are best. To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason, or they'd just call it the way.

Who benefits most from old methods and tech remaining a historical footnote, but the very people selling their new whiz-bang solutions for modern problems, which are themselves inherent to using their products and energy production and consumption supply chain?