#hivekeeping

[cloudbattrolls]

it really is! they need the help.

God. Quil is gonna have to get a hivekeeper or two at some point. That is a lot of hive to be taking care of all by yourself.

[marilynsweet]

- The Witch of Honey -

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Keeper of the bees, devoted to the study of hivekeeping and anything regarding bees and honey, Bernadette returns in this verse as a member of The Children of the Black Sun!

[aita-alternia]

aITa for banning my best friend from my hive?

i was injured one (1) bilunar perigee ago. my friend has not been handling IT very well.

he is:

teal.

nine (9) sweeps.

stubborn.

impulsive.

foolish.

the best troll i have ever met.

i am:

yellow.

nine (9) sweeps.

a loser with a smart mouth

unable to defend myself when things get physical.

i enjoyed:

his attention.

his company.

being walked back to my hive.

i did not mind:

the unscheduled food deliveries.

him acting as like he was glued to my side in public.

i only sort of minded:

the overprotectiveness.

that ridiculous mediculler kIT he started carting around.

that most of the messages i have received from him since have been encouraging platITudes.

...but then every time he came to my hive he dITched our plans to help clean and i felt like i had to draw a fucking line.

to clear up some possible misconceptions:

"help" is a misnomer. evidently i have been barred from any actual participation beyond relaxing and giving orders. attempts to make him see reason have been met with several cordial invITations to go fuck myself.

i am not a slob.

yes. i know the stereotype. we all know the stereotype. every troll and their lusus has heard of the yellowbloods on AN EXPLOITATIVE VIEWING OF THE HIVES OF TROLLS WHO DO NOT CLEAN DUE TO THEIR STRONG EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO INANIMATE OBJECTS OR VARIOUS OTHER WOES. my hive is not like that. i am not like that.

my respITeblock was by far the worst block in my hive. IT had a very scattered mess which took up a total of 2 square imperial unITs. this represented just 4.9% of available floorspace. the vast majority of this was clothing. the actual garbage consisted of:

one (1) paper bag containing one (1) ITemized record of purchase. one (1) empty burger wrapper. seven (7) left over fries.

one (1) plastic bag containing one (1) empty bottle and one (1) article of clothing i would have given my life's savings to never let him know i owned. (he helpfully retrieved IT for me prior to disposal. cull me.)

two (2) folded slices of absorbency paper.

one (1) unidentifiable book my lusus had eaten a very large hole through.

after he ran out of the larger messes he moved on to the smaller ones. then he started washing my laundry. then he started cleaning the dishes. IT got to the point where i could not so much as leave a dirty nutrITion plateau visible in my meal block wIThout IT becoming an imperial fucking issue. i finally told him to stop coming over. my reasons were as follows:

IT was becoming very obvious from his behavior that he now considers me to be too incompetent for even the most basic tasks. i was concerned my hivekeeping was a factor.

i can not keep up wITh all of the work IT takes to keep the place up to his standards. have you ever tried to maneauver a scourdray after losing a leg? miserable experience.

he has enough going on without cleaning up my messes for me.

i want him to be comfortable at my hive. if i can not make that happen he should not have to be here.

i had hoped things would go back to normal after this but ever since i brought IT up he has been:

quiet.

distant.

terse.

i am very worried i have hurt him. i want to know:

was there a better solution?

how do i fix this?

aITa?

[zillyeh]

ok I know I already requested a Zippie one but

Zippie and Bess swap >:)

i think Slitbinder Her Effected Regicide would throw the entire political sphere out of balance, and absolutely destroyed Delhon the second time Halosa took over. SHE never even got to fully name the region before HER ripped her to shreds. Grotesque was still Halosa's favorite fighting bull, but he never got to go up in rank due to [redacted.] The Delhon Vionyi region is one of the most violently rebellious on Alternia and one of the very few that has been able to stay that way. Hy'ss'yr was very open to accepting their line, and is an incredibly difficult leviathan to reckon with.

Zvejia as Azveja's protege is a nightmare to the Empire, and is VERY quick to jump to execution for the greater good. She is incredibly defensive of the region, HER, and wants desperately to be the one to pop )(IC's head like a grape.

Bess, as the Grotesque's descendant and [redacted] got special protections from the regional Heiress, and was offered the safety of castle walls. She works as a hivekeeper occasionally, but is allowed to roam as much as she likes. The Gozjam line gets to live like royalty to make up for their mistreatment, you see. She wants the Undertow to notice her, and she has, but Zvejia insists they can't because that would be such a problematic imbalance of power and what if someone finds out that- [2 hour long rant that only makes Bess want her more]

[fantrollology]

no real reason! ive just been taking care of this plant my mom let die, and it kinda got me curious abt some botany stuff :]

anyways so ur not rlly into the science stuff, but do u like plants?

“Oh hey! Good luck with the plant. Does your lusus normally take care of them?”

“I like plants, but I’ve killed plenty of them. I have some around the hive still, but I don’t even let myself water them anymore; hivekeeping takes care of it.”

“Ironically, my boyfriend’s a botanist. I got an earful when he saw a fern I had let die, and then again the next time we called when he realized I had moved it just out of frame so he couldn’t see.”

[in-sightpublishing]

Honey Harvesting and Backyard Beekeeping

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/03/27 (Unpublished) Simon Mildren, Founder and CEO of HiveKeepers, talks about the Micro Honey Harvester, a benchtop device designed for small-scale beekeepers. The innovation allows quick, clean honey extraction without disrupting bees or using traditional equipment.…

[chlorophasmic]

You.. don't grace that with a response, too embarrassed by the utter non-restraint of your past self to even hop on that line of discussion. Though, it's not wrong. The fresh feathers, popped free one by one, do look a lot fluffier than the messy canvas that'd been laid out from the start. Scruffy wings with scuffed pins, most already cracked or worn from travel and awaiting a single, precise crack to get the rest of the job done. Dusting the remains almost feels like regular hivekeeping, which almost makes you forget entirely what you're touching..

The hums and shifts prevent that bliss. A forcible reminder that you are, in fact, feeling over.. someone who was once your partner. Who.. might still consider himself your partner? Asking feels like asking for trouble, so you don't. But to have him in your hands like this, after so long, is.. nostalgic, to put it lightly.

Gives a little more weight to the trail of your fingers between each row, tickled by the fragile fuzz lining each shaft and remembering how eagerly you'd once dived in despite it. Now, the temptation is there, but.. tempered, by time and anxiety. Boundaries, or lack thereof. Somehow caught up on if it was okay to touch like this, despite the sliver of his naked skin out on display, where your claws could dig in, but didn't. A show of trust.

It feels the same as your own feather, tucked beneath the outer shirt, but processes entirely different in your thinkpan, knowing every sense of touch is coming from the source. Warm, lain thick with down, and.. good.

You forget to say anything. Just keep on working, massaging out the new growths and freeing those left, though the hunt is growing trickier as you weed out the bulk..

Fingers brush over your back to sweep away all of the debris. They're warm and soft- softer than you would have expected from someone out working in the forest. The attention to your wings keeps you docile though, and there's barely more than a slight prickle of gooseflesh where he's touched you. When his fingers leave your skin again, it simultaneously feels cold and burning hot. Shit, can backs blush?

"Of course I molt, didn't I give you one of my feathers at one point?" You ask him blearily.

A soft hum as he gently pries loose where a sheath had gotten snagged, releasing the tension from the feather that had previously been slightly tugging on your flesh underneath. God, you didn't even realize how tense you felt from the subconscious prickling of all those uncomfortable itchy feathers until he started to pry them loose. How did you ever hope to have a real focused conversation with him when you were apparently in such a state of sensory nightmare?

"The feathers have to keep getting replaced, in order to stay... Puff fluffy."

It's hard to remember if that was the exact phrase he used, considering that you used to be more focused on redirecting him away from obsessing over your wings, but it sounds more or less right. Well, if Treekat thought he was puff fluffy before then he'd surely be thrilled to see him with a fresh set of feathers.

[obvolutezetetics]

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[Prospit dreamer • Mage of Life • clayblood • ey/he pronouns • OZ]

[knlfebitch]

hivekeep replied to your post “So this is kinda petty but I feel like I have no friends and feel...”

taylor and i became friends because she asked me for advice on how to write a blowjob scene so i'd say you can find a friend just about anywhere, anon

KJUHYGTFRDFGH THE TRUTH COMES OUT

they’re right tho just message people and maybe something will happen

[limeinaltime]

First set of the Fallen Twelve

Lhoone Morash:

Lived deep in the countryside of Western Alternia and worked as a hivekeeper for some shitty highbloods, ran away from her abusive employers and wandered around on the railways for a bit before stumbling upon the bar where Rhemus worked and was taken in. She lost her eye to a drunkard and is very self-conscious about it. She was very mild-mannered and preferred to stay in her comfort zone, and was terrified of death and the unknown. She did try, though, and she found Rhemus to be charming and very sweet.

Rhemus Voltai:

A young bartender at a small pub, Rhemus was hired at a young age and was really good at making drinks. He cannot mind-control animals, and is no better at connecting with people. He found Lhoone passed out behind the bar due to an eye injury and nursed her back to health, and after a while let her work with him at the pub, where he ended up falling fast and hard for her. The two went flushed shortly before Apofis found them, and did their best to stick together throughout the game. He was a pretty chill and confident guy who was good at talking to customers, but damn did he fall apart around Lhoone. The two had made a promise to always look out for each other, being two lowbloods against the world.

Kuvolo Seelle:

The fastest flyer of his generation, Kuvolo became a delivery troll to make ends meet. This brought him in contact with some pretty unsavory groups of trolls, from helmshunters to juggalos, and he’s gotten good at avoiding trouble. He ended up meeting Pharah after being sent to deliver a package for her, and began to see her more and more often before they went flushed. Kuvolo was a pretty optimistic guy, with a bright outlook on life despite his looming future. A good ol’ lover boy with enough charm to level a city.

[originalwinnerfanfish]

HELL YEAH ! HIVEKEEPER !

This man one of my most favourite among the other scavs, and that so great to see him again!

Thanks for such a cool art)))

Um, can I ask you to draw one man?

I just really love this big daddy)

I really like this guy! Very menacing!

[zillyeh]

in task paralysis ftc help me

[fantrollology]

older games r so cool :] its super awesome that ur into fixing and reselling them tho, gives the games a chance at a second life, and gives people an opportunity to play the real thing even if its from decades past

u mentioned grubtech, is that something ur at all into?

"Absolutely! And since I don't need to make a profit or anything, I can sell them for however much I got them for. Less, sometimes. People get really excited; you should see the reviews on my gBay."

"I have a whole block in my hive dedicated to grubtech. Total mess in there; it's the one block I tell my hivekeeper not to bother with."

[bastsoldtrollblog]

What kinda cute we talking? 🤔

That's a good question tbh. I'm not totally sure what kind of troll he'd genuinely fall for rather than just leading them on for a few months before dropping off the face of the earth.

Someone who's adamant and won't give up on him is kind of a must though. Having a Sophie when he's like Howl (book version) would be p funny. Break into his house and insist you're the new hivekeeper

[official-magnus-institute]

YEAAH OK HERE YOU GO:

owlclan (eye-marked/avatars)

jonah-owlstar

elias (pre-posession)- hawkhaze

elias- hawkstar

jon- jadeseeker

jon (post-avatarization)- jadewatcher

martin- cowcloud

tim- creekstrike

sasha- briarstem

mary- bramblefleck

gerry- goldbramble (british gold, covered in ashes)

michael- whorlstripe

gertrude- vulturegaze

rosie- rosefur

fogclan (lonely)

fogclan is barely considered a clan because they barely meet up. almost ghostlike in nature, they stay on the outskirts of clans, trotting off at the sight of any other cat

peter- fogstar

martin (post-avatarization)- cowmist

flameclan (desolation)

a meager, mournful clan, many former kittypets who lost their twolegs and houses in fires. during warrior ceremonies, cats are marked with a sulfur pawprint between their haunches.

arthur- sagestar

agnes- emberdust

jude- vixenblaze

diego- scorchedpelt/star

eugene- nettlestalk

swiftclan (hunt)

A strong yet paranoid clan. One of the fastest, most tactical clans, often moving their clan's location due to killing all of the prey in their previous territories.

daisy- wolfdaisy

basira- poppyriver

trevor- thornmuzzle

jurgen- joglight

duskclan (dark)

a large clan, constantly looking for new recruits via kidnapping.

maxwell- eclipsestar

callum- cricketpaw

'The Sandman'- bat

peltclan (flesh)

a clan made up of cats used for animal testing or bred to be highly photogenic, these cats are extremely strong, and enjoy taking trophies from tresspassers.

jared- skinstar

angela- burnetfang

tunnelclan (buried)

A calm seeming clan, whos reach expands vastly, underneath multiple clans. These cats often tunnel into other clans' territories to steal food or herbs. When these cats get found, they will attempt to drag any opposing cats underground, attempting to collapse that section of tunnel on top of them, crushing or suffocating them to death.

Hezekiah- cavestar

spiderclan ( :/ )

Powerful cats, strong enforcers of their warrior code (no matter how many times they revise it.) Their territory is well protected, invading creatures being snared in emaborate traps that no cat alone could set up.

• usually preys on birds, though the clan is known (and occasionally mocked) for eating large bugs.

annabelle- weavingsnow

homeclan (stranger)

a clan mostly composed of daylight warriors

nikola- dollstare (burman cat with MASSIVE eyes. cat celebrity, extremely cute to twolegs, and extremely unreal looking to cats)

breekon & hope- salt and pepper

not!sasha- mierstem

The Anglerfish- Bigfish (not a domestic cat. bobtail cat)

The Anatomy Students- Leo, Smokey, Misty, Oscar, Max, Scar & Mufasa

boneclan (end)

the most welcoming clan. the only issue being that upon meeting the friendly and amiable veiltrot and entering boneclan territory, you cannot leave.

oliver- veiltrot

justin- bitterbreath

tova- cloverwilt

nathaniel- rollingbone

moonclan (vast)

moonclan is known to dwell up in trees or even near lakes, being that theyre adept swimmers. they often execute cats found under their trees by tossing them from tall areas or drowning them.

simon- dawnheart

mike- fallingthunder

fleaclan (corruption)

they dont have a leader, the worms, bugs and rot lead them. they actively follow disease. 'medicine cats' (hivekeepers) dont heal, they only prolong because they believe the rot wants the sickness to cleanse them so they are 'pure enough for starclan'

john- raggedfur

jane- maggothollow

jordan (pre)- ivyspot (former medicine cat)

jordan (post)- ivysnot

fangclan (slaughter)

an increasingly small clan- judging by the reddish mud they reside on, theres a clear reason why.

• they like to sleep in the 'stomachs' (under the hood) of monsters.

alfred- loudhowl

melanie (pre)- boldspirit

melanie (post)- bloodspirit

twisterclan (spiral)

you dont find twisterclan. twisterclan finds you. often warriors from this clan will pop out of hollow logs or small cave systems, compelling lost kittypets or warriors to follow them back to their base. but there simply is no base.

helen (predistortion)- speckles

helen (distortion) - grinspeck

michael (distortion)- grinwhorl

gabriel- claythroat

[autumnaltales]

talk a little bit about each of them??

That is a TALL order, cause there’s a lot, but here goes. I am classing ‘Older Woman’ as trolls who, by our standards, would be 40+ years of age. And because its easier for me I’m going alphabetically

Under a cut due to MANY

Anhele Rutiva: A disgraced military commander, currently teaching at a academy for future fleet officers. She’s kind of generally an awful person, who does employ servants of far lower castes picked up from the slave trade on Alternia. She’s very fond of interrogation, has a huge chip on her shoulder from the event that lost her her place, and is in general tough to deal with.

Chauve Vosien: A politician and mage, with a mutation that replaced her normal ears with those of a bat. She’s a kind hearted, motherly woman who tries to advocate for more lenient laws for lower caste and mutant trolls. She’s got a lot of enemies in the political circuit because of this, but she doesn’t let that get to her. She has two lovely matesprits who are huge supports for her. She’s possibly my most ‘mom-like- troll.

Dovnim Ruvles: A former hitwoman turned courtesan. She got tired of the life of murder and decided to try a softer profession. She never really got a chance to experience lovey dovey stuff and kinda hopes this might help her kickstart a love life. She’s very open hearted, shares easily and is quick to smile.

Ediath Oruspx: A once proud opera singer who was betrayed and locked up by her manager at the time, because he got jealous of her fame. She wound up making a pact with 7 very very old and very powerful beings, and used their power to both survive and exact her revenge by murdering the SoaB. She quit singing after and now works to free her pact holders.

Eifran Vestin: A special Forces commander with the Fleet, with aspirations to take the throne and forge a better future for the Empire. She doesn’t consider herself a rebel, as she’s doing her campaign for the throne by the book.

Esuran Seafon: A mage and fashion model. She has severe burn scars along the left side of her body, but didn’t for a second let that impede her career. She is seen as a incredibly strong voice for greater positivity towards scars in fashion, and is an overall delightful lady. Also one of Chauve’s two mates.

Fraeri Jaudur: A woman full of secrets. She comes off as bubbly and a bit of an airhead. Can’t tell you more because, well... Secrets~

Koruna Vestin: Eifran’s ancestor, she relinquished her claim to the throne and decided she would take up life as a ‘hivekeeper’ instead. She’s looked after the homes of several trolls over the sweeps. Woman absolutely hates when things are a mess, going from polite and matronly to a cursing demon of cleanliness.

Lythxu Ratisu: A former test subject in a highly classified Fleet experiment involving the melding of genetics. She now lives in the forest and has become something of a folk legend. She can transform into a creature twice her size, many times her weight, and is all around a strange woman. She’s a lot more intelligent than she lets on too.

Miasme Lunell: Somewhat of a delinquent who’s been through a lot in her life. Lost sight in both her eyes, drug addiction, generally violent life style, intense mania, lots of trouble keeping relationships together. She’s stabilizing now, and has two descendants she’s trying to look after while also trying not to fall into the depths of her depression and other issues. (Muse I’ve had the longest, I could talk about her for so long)

Setryx Alabus: One of the founders of the Imperial Sinquisition. A stern, nearly silent woman who lost both her arms in the line of duty, yet still carries on. She’s ancient, and most of her body cannot be seen beneath the robes and shroud she wears.

Srtosa Quetza: A pirate rainbow drinker, who saw the seas of Alternia as too restricting and took to space instead. She’s made a fortune running illegal goods from distant planets into Imperial space, dodges countless attempts on her life or to capture her, and spark rivalries with Fleet officers of several armadas. She’s not in it for the violence. She’s here for the fame, money, and above all thrill.

Tiatoa Alabus: Suffering from terrible insomnia, she’s a workahollic trying to following in her ancestor’s (Setryx) footsteps. She’s a Sinquisitor as well, and takes her job very seriously. She’s often seen in the field beneath a cloak and mask made to look like a barn owl, and while people tend to try and mock her for it, she rarely lets it slide. Owls are hunters, after all. 

Xenova Trilis: A former Sargent in the Fleet, drafter for the same experiment as Lythxu. Xenova eventually wrecked the labs with the ability the project gave her, tearing the place apart and killing all the staff and most of the subjects. She’s since joined up with a major crime organization as security and enforcement. She’s been through a lot, and while she’s typically rather gruff and hard to approach, she’s a good woman deep down. She’s just been hurt a lot and closed off due to it.