claret upstart
3:50 Sat Jul 6
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13 we have done this twice now without a problem though what your mrs says is generally true. Our new queens come in a small plastic box with some nurse bees in attendance. The entrance is plugged with sugar which the bees eat through to get out. It takes a few days by which time the resident bees have accepted the new queens pheromones. Otherwise they would likely kill her. Amazing creatures to learn about.
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ChesterRd
12:20 Fri Jul 5
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You can grow Alium in pots if that's any good. All mine are.
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defjam
9:34 Thu Jul 4
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100 bees.
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13 Brentford Rd
2:40 Thu Jul 4
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No more space Chester.
Claret, my wife was saying that at the training they were saying it's not a good idea to introduce a high bred queen that is a different breed to your bees as they will give off the wrong pheromones and make the bees angry.
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13 Brentford Rd
2:37 Thu Jul 4
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(nt)
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ChesterRd
12:36 Wed Jul 3
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Late summer, go buy a load of Alium bulbs and plant them up. Wilkinson's sell them cheap. The bees love them.
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claret upstart
12:29 Wed Jul 3
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New queen arrived today for our brown bee hive. We checked last week and noticed that our queen was missing probably swarmed while we were away in May. They had brought on a new queen themselves but unfortunately with none of the calmer traits of the original that had been bred for them. Pinched out that one and installed the Carnolian queen that arrived in the post today. Should have 100% calmer bees in six weeks.
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Claret Badger
8:12 Tue Jul 2
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parents were bee keepers
and up till around 1980 kept up to 5 hives at the bottom of our garden
then after 10 years of pretty much regular stinging when playing in said garden - I had an anaphylactic shock - so they moved them elsewhere
not been stung since they were moved from garden - although now I've said that i'll probably get stung and die tomorrow
arses
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COOL HAND LUKE
6:30 Tue Jul 2
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We've got a band of lavender and borrage at the top of the garden, right across the back of the house. They are alive with bees - you do have to steer respectfully through / around them. They don't 'just' come after you, but if you start clattering into the plants for any reason, the bees get agitated sharpish.
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13 Brentford Rd
4:51 Tue Jul 2
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Got stung on my finger for the first time last night when I was reeling the hose pipe back in after watering the garden.Bloidy hurt for s bit too, was swollen and stiiff oooh er.
Never realised that bees only die when they sting us because we have tough skin and their sting gets stuck in our skin, if they sting small mammals and other insects especially they don't die.
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lowermarshhammer
3:31 Tue Jun 25
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Prefer medium rare.
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ManorParkHammer
10:25 Tue Jun 25
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Went well that, marsh. Well done.
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lowermarshhammer
3:35 Mon Jun 24
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Having haven't
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lowermarshhammer
3:35 Mon Jun 24
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Vegans having got a fucking clue about nature and wildlife.
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13 Brentford Rd
3:29 Mon Jun 24
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Thought a veggie / vegan like you would be all over this MPH?
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ManorParkHammer
3:04 Mon Jun 24
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Coming out thread of the year 2019.
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13 Brentford Rd
1:12 Mon Jun 24
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I built the hive so let's hope so. You will be able to get free bees, ours do seem very calm.
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BRANDED
11:07 Mon Jun 24
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The kit will last years. The bees are a bargain.
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13 Brentford Rd
11:06 Mon Jun 24
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Nice!
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Tomshardware
10:22 Mon Jun 24
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I've got pipistrelle bats in my garden at dusk.
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13 Brentford Rd
7:13 Sun Jun 23
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Some breeds are calmer, less aggressive, produce more honey, queen's reproduce more, resistant to diseases.
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