Good to see the papers still have no idea what a honey bee is!!!!

[dpearce4]

See the headline and see the article. Metro reporters are dumb.

sorry its sideways.

 

[For want of a better word]

I think the journalist was attempting a humorous slant on the "Flight of the bumble bee"

I think an empty hive is as sad as an empty swimming pool.....
What do you think?

 

[dpearce4]

totally agree with you on that.

I don't like the adopt a hive part at the end. who actually gets the hives that have been adopted thro BBKA or is it a real con by them.

 

[harveyzone]

See the headline and see the article.

If they had changed the 'B' for an 'H' then it might have worked better.

 

[dpearce4]

If they had changed the 'B' for an 'H' then it might have worked better.

very good Harvey, I had to write that down to understand it. haha

 

[Into the lions den]

totally agree with you on that.

I don't like the adopt a hive part at the end. who actually gets the hives that have been adopted thro BBKA or is it a real con by them.

Their scheme is nothing whatsoever to do withthe BBKA. Is a private scheme run by the business concerned.

 

[drfraz]

Humble-bee is just another name for Bombus. Darwin used the term in 'Origins' and the two were both used till the 1940's, so some youngsters might not know the term

 

[notagain]

Poor tony, he will get some stick at the next meeting, but he will laugh about it I'm sure

 

[alanf]

See the headline and see the article. Metro reporters are dumb.

Reporters don't generally write the headlines (except for the smallest local papers). It's a sub-editor's job at a national newspaper; puns trump factual accuracy every time.