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Valikdu

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Beekeeper freezing up
« on: June 15, 2013, 08:19:25 am »
Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Sometimes my beekeeper will just stand in one spot, not anywhere near a colony, with the "install colony to hive" job. I used to think that it's because I accidentally built something over a colony, but I've taken care not to do it this time. Why is he doing this?
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SnK-Arcbound

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Re: Beekeeper freezing up
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2013, 09:10:15 am »
It's a known bug if you have multiple beekeeping labors enabled. Just have one that does nothing else.
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Larix

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Re: Beekeeper freezing up
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2013, 09:26:59 am »
The problem isn't multiple beekeepers, but multiple _beehives_ tasking the same bee colony.

You need to look into the 'j'ob list, search for the 'install colony in hive' job with the stuck beekeeper, then zoom to the 'b'uilding, the hive that issued the order. Toggle the 'c' option, let the game run a few steps, then toggle the 'c' option again. The faulty job will be cleared and a new job with a proper target colony will be generated, if possible. Fiddling around with the beekeeper doesn't help at all, because the bad job comes from the hive, which will keep issuing the same broken job over and over until you force the hive itself to stop.

Restricting your operations to a single beekeeper will help minimally by reducing the risk of having two simultaneously-empty constructed hives, but if you don't spam hives too quickly, that risk is very small already; and a solitary beekeeper can still get stuck.
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Mr S

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Re: Beekeeper freezing up
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2013, 10:08:31 am »
All of the above is true.  I have nothing to add to the science of that.

However, I clicked on this thread having read BEEFkeeper freezing.  I thought that someone had modded either a) cattle to be kept in hives, minimizing their grazing needs and directly harvestable for meat only; or b) a Dwarven "freezer" to keep raw meat from spoiling before butchering [think wheelbarrow with portable corpse/meat stockpile].

Sadly, neither of these was the case.  But I'm always pleased that nothing is so outlandish in this game and this community that it wouldn't be believed and appreciated as a useful finding.
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