Preparedness for when

alfsmum

Ttks Butterfly Brain and D&DD, if they are ripe enough for the birds I'll take it they are ripe enough for me to cook with.

vanoonoo

hi all, is it today that nuatha is getting ceremonial? if so very best wishes x

hope you're all well, I am recovering from download festival

xx

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OOOOOhhhhhhhhh how exciting, if that is the case CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES to you both for a lovely Wedding Day, I hope it all goes smoothly and the day is as you want it to be. Well done NUATHA and MRS.NUATHA be happy!!!!! Cheers Lyn xxx.

the_cake

Bee Happy, Mr & Mrs. Nuatha - very happy indeed!! xx

RAS

BBB

As one of those strange folk in funny overalls, I would not put quite so many restrictions on it but I would not choose to keep bees in my own garden.

South East facing (great)
Tiny (not so great)
Low wall and public footpath at the end of the garden (very much not great)
Low wall between me and next door and their ground is lower than mine (not a good idea)

Which means that the bees would fly straight out of the hive at waist height and have either my neighbour or the public obstructing their flight path.

What we do have elsewhere is a "fruit cage" with no lid about 2 metres high. The bees fly high over people's heads even though they are only a few feet away. No stings yet.

With respect to the rest

Forage plants/trees/orchard. - just about anywhere in town is good.
Access for vehicle. - only necessary if your bee keeper lives away and cannot park on the road.
Access for carrying hive/hive equipment which can be heavy. A full brood box can weigh more than 30 kg, so may need two people, but you can keep them on double supers which are lighter.
A local bee-keeper who could access hives 2-3 times daily in summer. Once a week usually (we are not looking at two of ours again until mid July)
Room for 3-4 hives minimum, as any loss of queen could be solved by swopping from another hive. Lots of keepers only have one hive, we normally have two.
A tolerance for swarms (look more frightening than they are, as the bees have filled their tums with honey and cannot sting). They can be handled bare.
Water supply - nice but not necessary.

What I would say is that anyone with a little garden can maintain a pesticide free zone with lots of simple nectar and pollen producing flowers.

We currently have a bumble bee nest in one of the local gardens and we have had several on the plots. We tolerate and even celebrate their existance, whilst others might freak out.

When is is cold, bumbles will be flying at tempuratures that have honeys tucked up in bed, early into the day and late into the night.

D&DD

Hope your day has been blissfully happy Nuatha and Mrs Nuatha :beer: Congratulations and may you have many more happy and healthy years together XXXXX

GreyQueen

D&DD wrote: »

Hope your day has been blissfully happy Nuatha and Mrs Nuatha :beer: Congratulations and may you have many more happy and healthy years together XXXXX

Here, here.

I haven't got a real-life glass of fizz but hearby salute the happy couple with my tea mug, may they always be happy. Cheers!

pineapple

Well it's all happening here in Pineapple land. Police, ambulance etc here last night. A neighbour came home to find her partner dead in bed (where she had left him when she went to work). A terrible shock but it was not unexpected - he was waiting for a liver transplant. I found myself saying 'but I was only chatting to him the day before'. Isn't it strange how we say that? I mean I know of someone who dropped dead mid conversation. 'Give up playing around', she said, as she nudged him with her foot
Anyway it was a reminder of one's mortality. Just as I was doing the light fandango because scans of my lady parts yesterday had found nothing sinister.
So I thought !!!!!! and ate a whole SHTF FB steak and sidney pie along with 4 - yes 4 - home made Yorkshire puds. And then I troughed the remainder of a carton of chocolate ice cream. :eek:
Meanwhile the neighbour on the other side is strung up tight on account of the continuing saga of the escapee husband. She is particularly annoyed with the mid life crisis neighbour who nearly mowed her down with his shiny mid life crisis sports car (the fact that he expressed deep sympathy and outrage then helped her husband move out has of course nothing to do with it ).
And we are all avoiding another neighbour who feeds off other people's distress like an emotional vampire.
Only 20 houses. How hard can it be?

GreyQueen

pineapple wrote: »

And we are all avoiding another neighbour who feeds off other people's distress like an emotional vampire.
Only 20 houses. How hard can it be?

We have 100 flats. Mostly singletons, some couples. It leads to interesting times............

Wow, even I don't eat a whole FB pie in one sitting but if you're up for it, burn baby burn. I have a Millionnaires Cheesecake in my fridge atm. Tosspots Finest and they only wanted £1.65 on YS.

It'd be rude not to, at that price, wouldn't it?

Urgghh, I want someone to come over and cook my tea. Can someone give me a virtual kick up the rear to get me moving, pls?

greenbee

The cheesecake doesn't need cooking GQ. I suggest you dispense with the rest of the meal and focus on the good bit... :cool: