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Wasps and Bees

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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,268 Forumite
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    According to the bee keeper the wasp nest came second, they then started to kill a few bees, raides the honey and reduced the bee nest to ruins.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • jules1964
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    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    According to the bee keeper the wasp nest came second, they then started to kill a few bees, raides the honey and reduced the bee nest to ruins.

    Typical bloody wasps. Another good reason to destroy them.
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  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
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    well this threads buzzing
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  • jules1964
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    jamespir wrote: »
    well this threads buzzing

    lol :rotfl::T
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  • jamespir
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    sorry couldnt help it
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  • jules1964
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    jamespir wrote: »
    sorry couldnt help it

    lol I needed to laugh tonight after my dog destroyed my honeysuckle lol so thanks!
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  • Lotus-eater
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    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    According to the bee keeper the wasp nest came second, they then started to kill a few bees, raides the honey and reduced the bee nest to ruins.
    That's really rare, AIUI there are almost no wild honey bees left in the UK.

    What a shame.
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  • peter_the_piper
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    Doubt they're wild bees but young queens leave the hive and fly away to start their own colony.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Lotus-eater
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    I would have thought bee keepers were preventing swarming as much as they can atm, what with so many dying off and catching as many swarms as possible.
    But you're probably right.
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  • peter_the_piper
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    He told me that swarms were usually in May/June but spare queens fly off without a swarm as such.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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