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Bees nest Well this is a nest full of bees and it is inside a double sided glass window so you can see them at all time from all the angles - pretty ingenious i must say. Uploaded by elitess (2666) • 2 weeks ago Tags: bees, nest, insect house, bristol zoo, uk elitess (2666)

It is YUMMY!!!

I LOVE honey. I turn up the bottle and just squeeze a mouthful ...... at least once a day. My grandmother always said a spoonful of honey every day never hurt anyone. I was told once how honey is...

Anyone seen that yellow jackets are bad this year?

This year we are being taken over by yellow jackets. I have never seen them this bad. The past 2 weeks we have had thousands of them in the yard and around the porch. They get angry very fast so I...

BLUE, Killer BEES in MELBOURNE.

Many months ago I posted a discussion about the GOLDEN KILLER BEES in MELBOURNE, Australia. (If you go into my profile you will find it along with photo's) In the last few weeks the BEES are...

Have you ever got stung by a bee?

I got stung by a bee once and it was not a good. When I was seven I was out at recess and I was waving my hands around and a been happen to fly by. It thought I was a threat to it and it landing on...

I Learned Something...

I was watching a show on Planet Green--a TV channel I'm obsessed with. The movie was called "The Last Beekeeper." According to this movie, bees are suffering from a disease called colony collapse...

Driving with bees

I was thinking the other day about the time when I collected my first colony of bees. I had been helping out on the Cambridge Bee Keeping Association stall at a country fair. One of the gang of...

The Beehaus – an urban beekeeping solution

By now all of you know of my interest in farming, and writing for The Alternate Consumer has been a fun way to expand my knowledge of the farm and garden products that are available. The farming...

Another swarm of bees has taken up residence in our apiary

“Are you sure that they haven’t moved from number 11 to number 10?” “Of course not. Can’t you see the gentle flow of bees to and from number 11? The ones in number 10 are a much bigger swarm. Just...

Bees and not to bees

Today’s article is brought to you by Danny (that’s me - seems weird to be referring to myself in the 3rd party). Fiona is unwell as per the previous post, but is recuperating rapidly.The...

Finally a whole weekend in the garden: Plans and promises

I spent most of the day in the garden today. I have prepared the borders in the kitchen garden and should have been setting seeds but I was drawn to tackle The Border of Stones. This is not a...