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I think the issue here is he wants to send some, but not all, of the saplings back to the arboretum, while the rest goes to a fermenter or something. How intelligent is the arboretum - if you hook up a pneumatic pipe to it and pump in saplings, will it only fill up the saplings slot, or will it...

Actually, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think nuggets actually have aspects anymore, more or less for this exact reason. Is that correct? Of course that just means you throw in iron bars instead. (Any other metal, and you'll end up releasing an extra aspect as flux.)

You could also make a huge lava tank and use that as an energy buffer / centrifuge feeder. I mean, that's a little lossy, but lava is stupidly energy dense. That said, I can't remember whether not using the engines' full power will cause them to explode...

Hmmm. You know, there are a few other ways to get redstone and glowstone. Redstone can be gotten by IC2's crops system, although that might take some time. Glowstone can be gotten using Sengir's Forestry bees - there are a few good hints on both wikis, but that inevitably means setting up...

Wait, wait, hang on, how on earth do you switch the packet crafter's slots automatically? I had no idea you could do that! The material, yes, but not where on the packet it is.

In fact, since you need a Railcraft Blast Furnace to make an Industrial Blast Furnace, that's probably how you'll end up smelting your first aluminium anyhow. That said, clay dust happens to be renewable in a variety of ways, and also gives you lithium, which you'll want/need for lithium...

Er, actually the thing with the database is a bug - in the later versions, you can't see what the bees look like, but you can see whether you've discovered them or not. Apparently pre-rewrite you could also see which branch the bees were in, though.

On a side note, the amount of time it takes to heat up a boiler depends on how large it is. You could start with a shorter boiler, say 3x3x2 or even 3x3x1...

Hmm... If you're running tree farms, you might be able to divert some charcoal into the boiler. That might help a little. What exactly are you powering with the boiler, anyway? I'm not sure what I'd do with 72MJ/t.

I thought lava was only needed if you were burning water....? After startup, I mean.

RP2 cage lamps, which people use for remaking the TARDIS among other things. Yep, it looks like that really.

Joy! It appears that Sengir's new wiki now has Beekeeping 101! Obviously no information about ExtraBees' Database, but still very helpful. It does obliquely allude to how to get (spoiler alert!) heroic branch bees, so, bonus.

There is an important caveat though: It is an intended feature, not a bug, that frames cannot be placed into Apiaries automatically, so automated farms are inherently slower. Alvearies will always run at 'full capacity', though, and you can do as many people have and rig up a BC gate to the...

Right, right, forgot that not everyone uses the lava centrifuge like I do. Haha. Really got to remember that more often.

Of course, bees can do this too. Be aware, though, that both routes involve a lot of breeding - arguably IC2's system is more straightforward, relying only on 'tiers', but Binnie's Extra Bees can do far, far more impressive feats... eventually. Even without that, vanilla Forestry bees can be...

Protip: alvearies can't fix humidity. So you'll have to go find a swamp or something for a damp biome. Also, even acclimated bees won't produce specialties if they're in the wrong conditions, so getting yourself some silk wisps for Apiarist's clothes might be problematic. Scratch that, silky...

Oh, I'm sure you could find someone to help you out, I'm just not the guy to ask. I'm sorry, I just find the idea of ponies quarrying the landscape, running fusion plants, and slinging nukes at each other hilarious:D That said, there is some implicit permission for private modpacks, although...

Have fun exploring the bees, for sure: some of the Extra Bees are just plain ridiculous, and even Sengir's bees can do some very powerful things. For instance - and this is on Sengir's wiki, so it isn't exactly a spoiler [EDIT: hidden just in case, highlight to read] - Sengir's hell branch can...

Ahhh yeah, the good old 'shutdown if tank empty' gate. I keep forgetting that's an option - really going to have to set up an Assembly Table one of these days. Six diamonds, worth every one. (At least, I think it's six.)

Actually, I'd like to vote yes, on one condition: I really would appreciate a spoiler-free version (more of a tutorial, really - even making your own apiaries isn't trivial, nor are the mechanics of EB frames), or at least one where you separate the mutation tables from everything else...