bees on river cottage,Hackney honey.

[biglongdarren]

everybody was preferring the city honey to Hughs country honey and the young fella who owned the bees in Hackney was saying he gets 100pounds of honey from each hive every harvest and he harvests 3 times a year, he had 8/9 hives on a flat roof on top of his two story house,i was well impressed
Darren.

 

[susbees]

Til he breaks his young neck falling off the ladder. 30lb supers and some perfectly fit adults worry about taking a swarm down from half that height...

 

[The Cumbrian]

Til he breaks his young neck falling off the ladder. 30lb supers and some perfectly fit adults worry about taking a swarm down from half that height...

I didn't see it but your reply to me makes an assumption. He may not be going up the outside of the building to get to the hives. There may be access through the roof.

 

[biglongdarren]

well if there is access from the inside he made Hugh climb up a double ladder in the programme,i think the lad was only keeping bees a few years so its all early stages,although am sure they have some easier way of getting the supers and all of his heavier bits and belongings up and down.
Darren

 

[drstitson]

ladder used in the prog.

 

[Silly Bee]

everybody was preferring the city honey to Hughs country honey and the young fella who owned the bees in Hackney was saying he gets 100pounds of honey from each hive every harvest and he harvests 3 times a year, he had 8/9 hives on a flat roof on top of his two story house,i was well impressed
Darren.

Not everybody.

 

[For want of a better word]

There is a considerable amount of "artistic licence" in there programmes.

Not unusual for footage from one shoot to be used in another.... to get the "flow"

not forgetting some exaggeration to increase the WOW factor !

Pinch of Salt springs to mind?

 

[BILL.HEARD]

So that's 100 X 3 X 8 = 2400, I think I will move my bees to Hackney!

 

[munch]

That seems a very nice yearly harvest,for 8 hives. But that's a lot of honey to lower off a roof Lol.

 

[user 6228]

Til he breaks his young neck falling off the ladder. 30lb supers and some perfectly fit adults worry about taking a swarm down from half that height...

rope... marvellous invention

should be able to lower off 200lb of supers at a time
straight on to a trolley

 

[biglongdarren]

Not everybody.

i'll give you this one silly boy, most of them is what i meant to say.

Darren

 

[Silly Bee]

rope... marvellous invention

should be able to lower off 200lb of supers at a time
straight on to a trolley

200lb. He needs to be careful.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exPbZyV7BDY[/ame]

 

[Silly Bee]

i'll give you this one silly boy, most of them is what i meant to say.

Darren

It was a little over half if you want to be pedantic.

 

[The Cumbrian]

200lb. He needs to be careful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exPbZyV7BDY

Nice one.

A musical version of the Gerard Hoffnug monologue "The Bricklayers Story"

 

[Skyhook]

Nice one.

A musical version of the Gerard Hoffnug monologue "The Bricklayers Story"

The original and best.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZUJLO6lMhI[/ame]

 

[Silly Bee]

Noel Murphy does an excellent one too.

 

[victor meldrew]

Til he breaks his young neck falling off the ladder.

I should have thought the weight of his head would suffice
VM

 

[ROACHMAN]

..

I wander what the lead and carbon monoxide content is in the Hackney honey??

When I pick blackberries I always collect them away from main roads (unlike alot of people I see).

I know which honey I would prefer to eat

 

[yeogi75]

That seems a very nice yearly harvest,for 8 hives. But that's a lot of honey to lower off a roof Lol.

bet he scrapes it down the downpipe into a barrel

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Anyway - shouldn't the title be be 'Ackney 'oney ?