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[sleepytyrant]

I'm on direwolf 20, and used the mutatron to make me some prestine diamandi bees, and after about a day, I had a queen disappear on me...Thought maybe someone stole it, so I mutated another, and claimed the land. Then today I found a princess with no drone; and now i'm not so sure that the last one was stolen. (as far as I know, they're supposed to produce 1 drone and 1 princess per life cycle.)

 

Is this normal, a glitch, or what?

 

//edit//

just lost another 2 sets of diamandi bees.

[Aezex]

How about some screenshots of your bee setup.

 

If you suspect thieves, you should look into making a secure location to do bees in. Thaumcraft's Warding Focus is a top pick for this, but a Pneumatic Craft Security Station is also a good idea for a large area.

[felinoel]

I like that one mod that opens up a new dimension with a small room that is only accessible by you.

[sleepytyrant]

thieves aren't the problem; i just suspected it at first.

 

my setup is just somethin i found on youtube....

[TehRawrz]

They could easily be bouncing out of the pipes. Buildcraft pipes sometimes have that problem.

[sleepytyrant]

They could easily be bouncing out of the pipes. Buildcraft pipes sometimes have that problem.

 

then what should I use? =s

[TehRawrz]

Which version of DW20 are you on? there should be other pipes

[sleepytyrant]

Which version of DW20 are you on? there should be other pipes

 

 

sry, bit of a noob...don't really know what my options are, but it's version 1.6.1

I could try ender io item condiuts...but what do I use in place of the apiarist's pipe...any ideas?

[felinoel]

then what should I use? =s

If you want to continue using BC pipes you could set up a convoluted cyclical system, I find one involving chests everywhere and a long timer on the output pipes works better for server play but some people just like constant movement.

[timrem]

My advice: get started with Gendustry as soon as possible. It requires you to have RF power, but an Industrial Apiary with an Automation upgrade is so much nicer than any system of piping bees around.

 

If you're not at a level where that's an option, you could work around the problem by having vacuum hoppers in the area, so that any bees that do accidentally escape the pipes will be picked up.

[Aezex]

I like that one mod that opens up a new dimension with a small room that is only accessible by you.

The Spectral Key from Random Things. 

[felinoel]

My advice: get started with Gendustry as soon as possible. It requires you to have RF power, but an Industrial Apiary with an Automation upgrade is so much nicer than any system of piping bees around.

If you're not at a level where that's an option, you could work around the problem by having vacuum hoppers in the area, so that any bees that do accidentally escape the pipes will be picked up.

I disagree, Gendustry changes the mod completely and makes the effort pretty much unnecessary.

The Spectral Key from Random Things.

Yes that! I like that.

[sleepytyrant]

My advice: get started with Gendustry as soon as possible. It requires you to have RF power, but an Industrial Apiary with an Automation upgrade is so much nicer than any system of piping bees around.

 

If you're not at a level where that's an option, you could work around the problem by having vacuum hoppers in the area, so that any bees that do accidentally escape the pipes will be picked up.

 

I have some idustrials apiaries too, and I'm using a solar generator to power them...but i need a lot more diamonds if I wanna make another set.

I was using diamandi to help in that area while i focused on blood magic.

[sleepytyrant]

Vacuum hoppers didn't work...still losing bees.

[felinoel]

Vacuum hoppers didn't work...still losing bees.

Does this modpack have a config setting that gives bees a chance to die completely?

[sleepytyrant]

idk, how would I check?

[TehRawrz]

mouse over them. only use pristine bees. they'll die off some generations down the line if they're ignoble. I forgot they changed that

[felinoel]

mouse over them. only use pristine bees. they'll die off some generations down the line if they're ignoble. I forgot they changed that

Ohhhh! I had assumed this was mentioned already!

Yeah it was about a year or so ago that some bees naturally die off if they are not pristine.

[timrem]

only use pristine bees.

 

I'm on direwolf 20, and used the mutatron to make me some prestine diamandi bees...

If I recall correctly, Pristine bees may become Ignoble if frames are used to accelerate them too much.

[sleepytyrant]

If I recall correctly, Pristine bees may become Ignoble if frames are used to accelerate them too much.

 

Idk...i had some prestine dr who bees in one apiary, that had no frames; the princess/queen just disappeared on me.