Bibba

[beepig]

Does anyone in here have any clout with BIBBA?

 

[masterBK]

Many years ago I went to one of their meetings. I was the only one without a beard.

 

[For want of a better word]

I had to grow one especially!

 

[beepig]

I bought a book on black bees.20th July. Still waiting

 

[Beefriendly]

Does anyone in here have any clout with BIBBA?

Many would like to clout them
What was the book BTW?

 

[Quis Custodiet]

Does anyone in here have any clout with BIBBA?

A then president of that august group once bought me a cup of coffee.....I come from a poor family.

 

[Ian123]

A then president of that august group once bought me a cup of coffee.....I come from a poor family.

I bet it was instant at that

 

[beepig]

http://http://www.killowen.com/index.html
I hope thi works

 

[B+.]

http://http://www.killowen.com/index.html
I hope thi works

Beowulf cooper "Honeybees of the British Isles"

 

[Beefriendly]

Nope it doesn't but this one does.
http://www.killowen.com/

This is one of those books you want to throw on the floor at some of the outrageous claims it makes for the Honeybees of the British Isles. It was published after Cooper died and was a collection of his previous notes and studies collated by his colleagues. It shows.
There is some interesting stuff but never backed up...like their supersedure strains of old English bees. The ones in my area are annual swarmers regardless of any management...LOL

A better book about the old Black bee is "The Dark European Honey Bee. Apis mellifera mellifera Linnaeus 1758" by Ruttner (a scientist). Much more factual and far less opinionated.
I loved the way he described the British Black bees as "modest"...I think he was being polite

 

[Swarm]

Disappointed.

 

[Beefriendly]

Disappointed.

Guess If I kept the Old English Dark Bee, I'd be disappointed as well.

That is meant in a humorous as in joshing you sort of way Swarm....

 

[Swarm]

Did someone just fart?

 

[Beefriendly]

Did someone just fart?

Not me....

It was her.....

And just because it's a pretty ewe don't get any ideas....

 

[beepig]

I wanted that book as I have a feral colony of black bees.their new queen however, has yet to be seen. They are doing well, enjoying the ivy. No more interruptions from me until next spring

 

[Quis Custodiet]

I bet it was instant at that

It was and like my self very weak. If I had not told him there was no such thing as a native bee, he might have gotten me a bun as well. One cannot help some people, those native bee enthusiasts are very defensive, I wonder why?

 

[Swarm]

How wrong you are

 

[Quis Custodiet]

How wrong you are

You are probably correct...........he wouldn't have stretched to getting me the bun anyway.

 

[beebopper]

Many would like to clout them
What was the book BTW?[/QUOTE]



:smilielol5

 

[Swarm]

I wanted that book as I have a feral colony of black bees.their new queen however, has yet to be seen. They are doing well, enjoying the ivy. No more interruptions from me until next spring

There are some very nice natured, dark bees down your way, a friend of mine has a mating apiary there.