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      pargyle replied to the thread Hi From Somerset.
      That brought back a few memories - Portsmouth was great for music in the late 60's & early 70's. I saw Led Zeppelin at Portsmouth...
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      pargyle replied to the thread Colony Losses.
      I don't know that it was, the NBU survey reported over 20% colony losses over winter 23/24 which they considered a significant increase...
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      pargyle replied to the thread Hi From Somerset.
      Such a lovely town as well ..we love it there - as does our daughter and family. We are very much resigned to being about 15 miles or...
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      pargyle reacted to rossbyjove's post in the thread Hi From Somerset with Sad Sad.
      Moved to a street of Squats in old Frome in the 70s. Used to put bands on in the old market hall. Helped turn it into the arty, music...
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      pargyle reacted to Into the lions den's post in the thread Colony Losses with Like Like.
      Mixed reports...... could be multi factoral BUT most mention too many old bees and not enough young ones going into winter...with which...
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      pargyle reacted to Goran's post in the thread Just for some fun.... an excuse to smile. with Haha Haha.
      One oldie I remembered recently: News reporter came to one village to make some documentary about a day in life of a farmer. They...
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      pargyle replied to the thread Hi From Somerset.
      Yes ... we;ve looked at a few that look good value only to discover they are bang in the middle of a flood zone ...
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      pargyle reacted to mbc's post in the thread Colony Losses with Like Like.
      We've had some nice afternoons where a lack of flying bees would make it obvious. Those of mine I've peaked at have seemed fine despite...
    • pargyle
      Clearly you have never tried it... but with thousands of jars to fill I assume you have a filling machine ? I've used a tub with a honey...
    • pargyle
      The same with me. I have got pretty adept at removing practically every last drop of honey. I bought a 3 litre jug from TD (where I get...
    • pargyle
      Yes ,,, but not much, I make sure the honey is warmed to be runny and I let the jugs drain into my own honey jar when I've finished and...
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      pargyle replied to the thread Hi From Somerset.
      We are trying to find somewhere with a bit of space around it in the vicinity of Frome, where our daughter and family live ... I feel...
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      pargyle replied to the thread Colony Losses.
      I've lost two out of six so far and judging by the number of bees flying in the sun today there's another one not looking as busy as I...
    • pargyle
      For small quantities of jars there is not a lot to beat filling a jug with a decent pouring lip and using that to fill the jars on a...
    • pargyle
      The blossom on the plum trees down the local path is just pudding. I'm willing them to hold on until the warm weather starts. They have...
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