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Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 5:37 pm Post subject: we collected our bee hives today!
Look!! they're reconditioned ones and we'll need to buy frames and a queen excluder for them but it makes getting our bees a reality now (we've also ordered and paid for our first nucleus of bees)

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: shropshire

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 5:38 pm Post subject:
Nice - how exciting although it appears the cat doesn't feel the same way

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 5:49 pm Post subject:

bernie-woman wrote:

Nice - how exciting although it appears the cat doesn't feel the same way

she's inspecting them

(they needed a good sniff apparently - I can still detect a whiff of beeswax about them which is lovely)

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 5:50 pm Post subject:
Wow! Everyone's getting bees! When will the occupants arrive?

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 5:59 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Wow! Everyone's getting bees! When will the occupants arrive?

we were talking to the guy that we got the hives from about this - we went on a bee keeping course at his farm last Sept and he'll be supplying the bees too. Its going to depend on the weather to some extent. In theory if we have the sunshine like we had today then in a few weeks time but if we have a cold snap again (which at this time of year is a possibility) then it'll be later. Average is April/May but it could be as late as June if we get a cold spring (which sort of happened last year didn't it?)

We've some more equipment to get (we have bee suits and gloves already) like a smoker and frames etc and hope to get to Thornes in Windsor in the next fortnight to get those things. We're going to try and make a careful list and I'll probably post it on here to check I've not forgotten anything.

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: shropshire

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:00 pm Post subject:
Are you putting them in the garden Julie or down the allotment

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:02 pm Post subject:

bernie-woman wrote:

Are you putting them in the garden Julie or down the allotment

Neither. We've arranged to borrow a corner of a field from a local farmer which is completely off the beaten track so they won't bother anyone. Wouldn't mind one on the plot but the site is bordered by a public footpath and I don't want any liability issues.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: France

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:04 pm Post subject:
Oh, excellent! Well done.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:12 pm Post subject:
Brilliant, can't wait to come and meet them - having you started thinking of names.

Blue Sky

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:20 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Brilliant, can't wait to come and meet them - having you started thinking of names.

What! for three million bees?

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:22 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Brilliant, can't wait to come and meet them - having you started thinking of names.

I wasn't thinking of naming them individually..... but the Queen will be named, yes. Working on ideas for that.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 6:33 pm Post subject:
Well they are a sort of collective, so I suppose they could have a collective name, like Bob, or Colin; like mattresses - they all have the same name.

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 7:01 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Well they are a sort of collective, so I suppose they could have a collective name, like Bob, or Colin; like mattresses - they all have the same name.

What

You have names for your mattresses?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 07 8:43 am Post subject:
They are the wrong colour. You'll need to add white paint to your list, MrsF. Beehives should be white, like in Winnie the Pooh. Honestly, if you're not going to do these things properly!

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 07 10:14 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

They are the wrong colour. You'll need to add white paint to your list, MrsF. Beehives should be white, like in Winnie the Pooh. Honestly, if you're not going to do these things properly!

Maybe being white would help them stay cool in the Summer too.

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