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  1. onymee

    bee dancing?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304965/That-hurt-Woman-dances-12-000-honey-bees-buzzing-skin.html
  2. onymee

    my new TBH

    indeed. I have to go into hospital later this year and won't have time to properly care for bees. I have friends who can help with the dogs and cats but not bees. Why? Is this forbidden?
  3. onymee

    my new TBH

    oh that's good. I really wanted it to be pretty.
  4. onymee

    What does beekeeping mean to you?

    he'd be better off sitting on The Plymouth Ho' as I hear she is a well cushioned 'lady' :sorry:
  5. onymee

    What does beekeeping mean to you?

    I can't agree. I think most humans get great pleasure from producing food, be it growing veg, keeping chickens, going ferreting for rabbits etc. I think it's perfectly reasonable to 'like' our bees and enjoy keeping and caring for them and reaping the reward of honey too. I keep chickens, I have...
  6. onymee

    L.C.P. euthanasia by any other name?

    you can 'ave 'em and welcome, chocolate is narsty :puke:
  7. onymee

    L.C.P. euthanasia by any other name?

    nobody is sure. My Dad had them apparently (much to the annoyance of my mother), my brother has them and I have them. It's a curse, it is. However, my son doesn't have them. Some famous people have them. Remember Roger Moore (the saint?) They took over my life for a while and I ended up being...
  8. onymee

    What does beekeeping mean to you?

    oooh woman you are deranged. You don't have to tell bees or listen to bees. They are merely bugs. Nothing more. Simply honey producing units to be destroyed without a moment's hesitation when they fail to produce enough honey for you.:nono: Well according to some beekeepers that is. I tend to...
  9. onymee

    my new TBH

    OK I'll use my animal safe wood stain then. I always believed that bees were attracted to bright colours. Perhaps I was wrong. Certainly wasps seem to be attracted to me if I wear yellow. I gets pretty darn cold here as I am only a few miles from the wash with literally nothing between me and...
  10. onymee

    my new TBH

    I forgot to mention that it also has a moveable division/dummy board, and I purchased a little shelf to fit inside which holds a standard 4 pint feeder. I'm now saving up for another one bee-smillie Hopefully little TONY ( the little bee which came and sat on my hand) will come back and see...
  11. onymee

    L.C.P. euthanasia by any other name?

    oh noooo, they will be donated to the Victoria and Albert museum. They've expressed an interest as it is thought that little fat Victoria had some just like them which was the reason Albert fell in love with her at first sight.Sadly, they didn't realise this way back then and the Royal eyebrows...
  12. onymee

    my new TBH

    what about paint? have some safe wood stain, but I was thinking of buying some gloss paint in a fabulous colour :) Would gloss be OK? Is there any colour that bees don't like? The goat shed is currently treated with a forest green wood stain. Any opinions of placing the hive inside the...
  13. onymee

    my new TBH

    I tried pushing it to see how firm it was. It seems steady as the legs of the fish tank stand are pushed into the soil. However, it'll be a simple thing to hammer a stake into the ground and secure the frame nd the stake so there is no possibility of it moving.The hive itself has 2 holes either...
  14. onymee

    my new TBH

    insulated roof complete with roof on showing the grain of the timber Complete and ready for occupation My thoughts on this hive? Excellent value for money. It's strongly made from 20mm thick planed timber. It's put together well. It's easy to work out what goes where. It was delivered...
  15. onymee

    my new TBH

    It has arrived Sitting on the old metal fish tank stand frames varroa mesh varroa mesh tray
  16. onymee

    L.C.P. euthanasia by any other name?

    your wife will also know that there comes a point where the morphine no longer controls the pain. I planned on having "please use this body for spare parts" tattooed on me, but I'm not sure they'd take any notice in case my next of kin (adult son) would agree. I hope he would.
  17. onymee

    L.C.P. euthanasia by any other name?

    only if I have a spare £10,000. No thanks, I want to die in my country of birth, with the feel of good English soil beneath my body and with English sunshine/rain/wind on my face.Then be planted upright with a tree on my head.
  18. onymee

    killing queens?

    it is 2 hours before dusk in Finland? I didn't realise the time difference was so great lol
  19. onymee

    L.C.P. euthanasia by any other name?

    I have no problem with euthanasia. I have animals and occasionally have had to have one 'put to sleep'. I stay with them and know that it is a fast, fear and pain free death. So, why, when it comes to humans, is it deemed acceptable to cause suffering by withdrawing food and water and allowing...
  20. onymee

    Horse meat?

    actually no, we are not, we are omnivores. A carnivore is an animal who cannot survive without taurine and taurine only exists in muscle meat (not offal) so cats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, tigers, lions etc are all carnivores. Humans, dogs, chimps are all omnivores. eating insects is not bad...
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