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Richard Ball (an ex-Regional Bee Inspector) at the Dorset County AGM on 16th March, proffered a theory as to the empty-hive syndrome. He remembers Norman Carreck, from the University of Sussex, carrying out some experiments some years ago. Norman found a situation where he saw bees just slowly...

@pargyle can probably supply for a price (yet to be negotiated)

And we all know how that turned out for the gestapo last time

So don't catch it - just let it settle on a bait station, dab it with whatever while it is feeding, and let it fly when it chooses to do so. It hasn't been caught and it hasn't been released.

Looks as if her left rear foot is missing

Two sniffs and you're a glutton!

Red pandas aren't bears. Neither are panda cars.

A semi-colon is no use to a panda when it has to extract maximum nourishment from its plant-based diet.

Panda: a bear-like marsupial? The bartender needs a new encyclopaedia.

Except the picture shows two pairs of wings and a waist. Admittedly, the eyes don't look quite right and there are no antennae.

I also bought smokers with suspect bellows from the "new" simonthebeekeeper. I sent an email enquiry to them and received the following reply:

Ronnie Hilton

She hasn't stopped egg laying, she's producing eggs aplenty - just not fertilised ones.

Just remember to keep a tight hold on your Long Felt Want because it is a well known fact that once you get a Round Tuit, your Long Felt Want tends to disappear quite soon afterwards 🤣 .

They are aiming for a launch date of March 2023, apparently.