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Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91� N

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 1:50 pm Post subject:
Good - the world needs more bees ... https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6400179.stm?ls

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:21 pm Post subject:
hope you enjoy your bees chez----we've already moved ours to wales and we're still in lancs----really miss watching "the girls" about their business they've come through the winter though---I was worried as they moved last year from sheltered to exposed--just praying we get moved before the swarming season---otherwise we'll be back and forth alot

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:41 pm Post subject:
I must go and check on mine, they have been in and out but I havent see how their stores are looking yet. Somehow so much seems to be in bloom that I think they will be fine

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 4:32 pm Post subject:
mine were bringing masses of pollen back when I was there 10 days ago----always a good sign.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:00 pm Post subject:
I'm very jealous too. Despite having no money, we looked at a chunk of land just down the road from the new house today (perfect for bees, as himself doesn't like them!) An acre and half, in green belt, AONB land, no hope of planning in a hundred years, and they've had offers of 30K on it! Humph!

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:00 pm Post subject:
Woss AONB then?

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:01 pm Post subject:
Area of outstanding natural beauty, I fink

sean
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:04 pm Post subject:
Thankyou, boy wonder.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:25 pm Post subject:
yOU'RE WELCOME, YOU CURVY INSTRUMENT YOU!! OH no, sorry, didn't mean to shout

sean
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:27 pm Post subject:
Those last two posts are going to look very odd when our avatars change.

alison
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:30 pm Post subject:
No different than most of your posts though

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 9:08 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I'm very jealous too. Despite having no money, we looked at a chunk of land just down the road from the new house today (perfect for bees, as himself doesn't like them!) An acre and half, in green belt, AONB land, no hope of planning in a hundred years, and they've had offers of 30K on it!

Humph!

couldn't you find room for a hive or two in your garden---they don't take much room and can be made very unobtrusive ---ours were in our back garden before we moved them to wales----just need to make sure there's an obstacle fence/hedge/trellis to raise their flight path over any neighbours heads , alternatively if you join a local beegroup not only do they usually run classes but they usually have an outapiary where people with no room can keep a hive--I told my o.h. he could have bees but i wanted nothing to do with them as the thought of handling them was terrifying---went on a beekeeping course to keep him company and got more hooked than him

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 9:28 am Post subject:
I could find room for a few hives, no problem, but MrWomble is very phobic about bees. So we need a little room for him to be a long way from them!

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 5:21 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Those last two posts are going to look very odd when our avatars change.

Let the record show that currently Sean is on the fiddle, while Penny has a "Holy unnecessary" (IIRC) avatar, which I can only presume is some sort of obscure tribute to the 'wonders' of Mr S Gerrard's youth... (either that or she simply got dressed in the dark).

Anna-marie

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 980
Location: West Wales

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 07 1:33 pm Post subject:
Well done, Chez! Enjoy the honey

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