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Even a scaffold tower is going to cost £120 for that height (24-hour price, delivered, from NTH in Haslemere) so that's not really a useful option either.over 25’ closer to 30 with the slope
Now we are getting silly….. it’s only a load of bees!!!Tripod ladder on top of a Land Rover?
Yes, but it's the challenge!only a load of bees
I have a four stage double width tower with stabilisers ... and integral steps ... but you would need a transit van get it there and someone to help erect it .. oh .. and help take it down as it's currently erected waiting for me to paint the gable of the house !Yes, but it's the challenge!
Even a scaffold tower is going to cost £120 for that height (24-hour price, delivered, from NTH in Haslemere) so that's not really a useful an option either.
As an aside, this weird website from a BBKA member suggests that it is illegal to cut down a tree without contacting first a registered beekeeper, but on another page shouts 'Do not contact a beekeeper!'.
As I’ve said I don’t think I’m going to attempt to take it down I’m just going to let them take their chances!I have a four stage double width tower with stabilisers ... and integral steps ... but you would need a transit van get it there and someone to help erect it .. oh .. and help take it down as it's currently erected waiting for me to paint the gable of the house !
A very wise decision ...if this mild weather continues through to spring they may have a chance - although a roof over the combs would help enormously as it is probably the rain that will decimate them ... however what they will probably need more is access to some fondant ... a plastic milk bottle filled with fondant and hung from an adjacent branch ?As I’ve said I don’t think I’m going to attempt to take it down I’m just going to let them take their chances!
Shame you are not closer, I have the climbing equipment to reach it,I got a call this morning to go and look at a nest high in a beech tree. It’s 25’+ up so unlikely to be able to cut it down without breaking my neck but if I could find a ladder tall enough I was considering wrapping it in a big plastic bag.
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But he may not be equipped to use itShame you are not closer, I have the climbing equipment to reach it,
May be worth speaking to a tree surgeon.
Maybe should have said, i could have done the climbing.But he may not be equipped to use it
And rightly so .. at a time when there are likely to be loads of bees and wasps looking to raid open feeders ... but .. in mid winter, if these feral bees were starving and the fondant was hung next to the colony, in a poly bag with a bee size hole for them to get at it, it is doubtful that it would invoke the sort of calamity and potential risks you could see from open feeding in an apiary full of your bees.Someone mentioned feeding fondant outside of the hive, I was roundly chastised for such a thing ..
I was wondering about the starving bit, all those combs, it would be interesting to know what they contained.And rightly so .. at a time when there are likely to be loads of bees and wasps looking to raid open feeders ... but .. in mid winter, if these feral bees were starving and the fondant was hung next to the colony, in a poly bag with a bee size hole for them to get at it, it is doubtful that it would invoke the sort of calamity and potential risks you could see from open feeding in an apiary full of your bees.
Give it a miss imoI should say that the owners of the property are out of the country at present so I can’t actually get permission even if I wanted to do anything.
Their neighbours, who alerted me to their existence, say they are not the easiest people to deal with.
Yes .. sometimes things are too difficultto deal with ...G
Give it a miss imo
I think so, I am not the kind to give up easily but I would pass this one by but also keep an eye on it.Yes .. sometimes things are too difficultto deal with ...
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