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Jb



Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Good - the world needs more bees ...

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6400179.stm?ls

lottie



Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mine were bringing masses of pollen back when I was there 10 days ago----always a good sign.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Woss AONB then?

Penny Outskirts



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Area of outstanding natural beauty, I fink

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thankyou, boy wonder.

Penny Outskirts



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yOU'RE WELCOME, YOU CURVY INSTRUMENT YOU!! OH no, sorry, didn't mean to shout

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

alison
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No different than most of your posts though

lottie



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: South Kent
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 07 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well done, Chez! Enjoy the honey

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