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ksia

Joined: 17 May 2006
Posts: 2320
Location: Mayenne, France

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 4:48 am Post subject: Bee rustling
Who'da thought it: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8077303.stm

Sally Too

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2511
Location: N.Ireland

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 5:14 am Post subject:
Devastating!

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 6:14 am Post subject:
Didn't Ginkotree say the reason she'd got geese was because of hives being stolen in the area?

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 10:42 am Post subject:

We have a friend in Looe (South East Cornwall) who knows of an incident where bees were illegally taken by a head chappy of a well known bee group. Big legal battle ensued but insufficient proof - case dropped. believe he was from Devon.
I have branded all the wooden bits in my hives. It is inevitable that this will keep happening - have you priced hives and their parts? Good business for thieves.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 11:09 am Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

believe he was from Devon.

Ooooo! Come on - more details please!

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 11:57 am Post subject:
Dont know any more than that. Will try to prise more info out of her. I think the guy who told her this was the bee instructor at Duchy Colege Stoke Climsland.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 2:05 pm Post subject:
Time to fit a barcode scanner at the entrance to count them all out and back in again?

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 2:39 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Time to fit a barcode scanner at the entrance to count them all out and back in again?

At least they're all barcoded up already.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 2:52 pm Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

Dont know any more than that. Will try to prise more info out of her. I think the guy who told her this was the bee instructor at Duchy Colege Stoke Climsland.

What does he instruct them to do?

Ginkotree

Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Posts: 2956
Location: south west wales

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 09 10:03 pm Post subject:
Its such a shame that this is happening , it really shows what my mentor has been saying that there are two types of people who keep bees, those that care about the bees and those that are in it just for the honey. I think branding the hive is a good idea.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 09 9:50 am Post subject:
instructor at Duchy College does a beekeeping course.

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 09 12:19 pm Post subject:
Shocking. I am moving my geese in with my bees and branding my nice new hives sounds like an excellent idea...

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 09 12:47 pm Post subject:
Branding is better than painting (which they can just paint over). And pinning a name and address of owner slip on the inside of te lid also discourages the 'Oh, I thought the hive was abandoned' one, which has been tried down here on those of us who farm hives out to the rape fields or heather areas on the moors.

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 7:55 pm Post subject:
Lorraine - Can't they just paint over branding too? I have no marks at all on my nice new Nationals and you can see them from the lane past the top fieald as you drive by. The geese were supposed to go up there today - always a good deterrent (esp 3 ganders...) but I was so tired I have postponed it til tomorrow. Wait and see - mine'll get nicked tonight! (I won't be laughing if they do!)

goosey

Joined: 29 Apr 2009
Posts: 380
Location: Merry England

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 8:03 pm Post subject:
I'll keep my fingers crossed no-one sees them tonight! Remember when ppl disguised their compost bins as WBCs? Perhaps we can disguise our hives as compost bins. Or in Richard's and my case, put some potted geraniums on top as per plant troughs. We've got to be ahead of these nasty thieves.

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