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I had a call from someone in a nearby-ish village this afternoon. They had a swarm in their garden and were wondering if I had any kit they could keep it in. A novel start to a swarm call, certainly. At this point I was thinking they don't have a clue how much you have to pay for a hive these days.
In subsequent discussion it transpired that they'd been thinking about keeping bees for a while and the fact that a swarm had turned up seemed the ideal opportunity, though they appeared to have absolutely no knowledge of bees whatsoever, but that was ok because they could always ask me or another local beekeeper.
I don't see this ending quite the way they thought it would, somehow.
James
In subsequent discussion it transpired that they'd been thinking about keeping bees for a while and the fact that a swarm had turned up seemed the ideal opportunity, though they appeared to have absolutely no knowledge of bees whatsoever, but that was ok because they could always ask me or another local beekeeper.
I don't see this ending quite the way they thought it would, somehow.
James