Recent content by planbee

The police came banging on a front about two doors along, one Sunday afternoon last year, and removed 65 "Morrisons" flower buckets, each containing a LARGE plant of that type! Apparently, the occupant, who very much keeps himself to himself, [now we know why!], had taken them out in the...

Yes, I have a new hobby - I took on an allotment in October 2011. Quite overgrown, and last year, just about now, the rains came, of course, and it rained for what seemed, forever! Anyway, somebody put a tractor and plough through it for me, and then it was rotovated. At the moment, it's...

Craig, Yes, I did expect them to be there; they had been there for ten years before my accident, and they were there one year afterwards. During that time, I never saw any other person there, and they were not stolen, or interefered with. Why would anybody think that they had been abandoned...

The last time I visited was when I got stung behind the ear in 2009! I know it's a long time ago, but I was advised not to go there again. Anaphalactic shock is most unpleasant - your lungs fill with fluid, and you drown yourself. They do some rather nasty things to you when they get you to...

Hello, I'm the chap that was helicoptered to Hosp from a field near Stone, Staffs, in 2009, I haven't been on here since 9th Sept 2009. I was told before I left the Hosp, "Get rid of them, and don't even go to visit them!" Well, I ignored that advice today, because a very nice lady from Stoke...

I've been overwhelmed with messages of good luck and encouragement - my thanks to all! Far better than messages of condolence, of course. Latest state of play is, that another member of this forum is planning to come to see the bee's in the next few days, I need to get them safely into a new...

Thanks for all the commiserations! Pete in Wilts, I don't know, I was hoping that someone local might take a ride out, and look at them, then make an offer. There is a new National with OMF and an extra brood chamber, plus two supers; that's pretty full of bees, but it was the hive where the...

Went to my bee's on Tuesday afternoon, and took a small "ding" on left ear. I've always had severe reactions to stings, but never been stung in head area. An immediate reaction this time, within four minutes, I'd thrown the roof back onto the hive, got out from the tree's, under two fences...

OK, thank you, it will work out at 100kg per cubic metre, I think, pretty dense stuff. It really boils down to using the extremely dense stuff to stop 'em eating their way out, or using the lighter weight, home insulation, with a barrier to stop 'em. Normally, the choice of density would be to...

Poly, or anybody, do we know what density of poly is used for beehives? John

Ah! Shame, it was worth asking. There's more that one way to skin a cat, they say, although I've never tried it... Is there anything that is impervious enough, but safe enough, to spray on ordinary poly; after cutting it, and before assembly? John

Thanks Dean, but I think that you will find that he's in Heswall, on the Wirral. John

OK Poly, thank you for that, so, your starter for 10 points, "Where do you get it from?" And a bonus point if you can tell me what it's called? I presume that if it's hard enough to stop 'em nadging at it, then it's machinable, or, put another way, can I make it obey my will, by beating it...

Does anybody know if there is a supplier of these Queens near to Staffordshire?

Will bees chew "ordinary" polystyrene? I was thinking that it would be quite straightforward to make up from, say, 25mm polystryene sheet, [for indoor overwintering in my shed]. It could be clad round with another layer, for good measure, if needed, and an open mesh bottom wouldn't be too...