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I've taken up beekeeping this year and one thing I found a lot in my research was work to breed a variety of honeybee resistant to varroa mites. In my mind they're tiny tick-like creatures that latch onto the bee. How can a resistance to a physical attack be bred into bees?

Hey everybody. I bought a >100 year old colonial in Massachusetts back in 2019 and have been thinking about semi-finishing part of the basement as a home theater/rec area. Just framing some walls with electric and adding a floor and ceiling (no plumbing or anything)

Aside from some moisture getting in, right now one of the problems I'm running into is the staircase going down from the first floor. It's already quite steep and the landing is quite narrow. See this photo with dimensions.

Due to the size of the sewer pipe and fittings, I will need to start the finished wall about 7" away from the basement wall. Another four inches will be the wall itself

Hi All. I bought my house last year with a rate of 4% and am in the process of refinancing now for a rate of ~2.6% and knocking my 30 year down to a 20 year. My company offers a program where for five years they will give 1% of the remaining principal back to the employee, but only with a mortgage serviced by Citizens bank.

It just so happens that my mortgage was sold to Citizens in 2019 and I was eligible for the benefit. I'm refinancing through a different lender than the first time and now that I know about the mortgage repayment program am wondering if it's possible to request that my mortgage be serviced by/sold to Citizens. I'm sure that if the answer isn't a resounding "No" then it w

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Hi All. I'm planning on installing some outdoor speakers and have been presented with a speaker circuit paradigm I've never encountered before.

The outdoor subwoofer I'm looking at is a passive sub, however it has crossovers inside that then feed into the loudspeakers. I've seen active subs with post-crossover line level outputs, but I've never seen a passive sub that will then deliver two speaker level outputs.

I generally will use a separate amp just for the sub when doing home audio setups, but following the Sub's intended setup it would allow me to bury less speaker cable in the yard and save some money in the end on both an amp and the cable. Aside from some more fine control of the s

Hi all, I'm working on tracing down my great grandfather's birthplace. He came from Hungary to the US in 1903 and on his immigration papers his hometown is listed as "Fllasfalva" but I can't find a reference to the town anywhere. My guess is it was either transcribed wrong or lost to the annals of time, but I'm hoping somebody here might be able to tell me the true name of where he's from. I've found Futasfalva, but it seems to be in Romania so I don't think it's correct. Thanks!