Helping the bees

[nosmoking]

My son lives 'up north' and sent me this link. Glad that someones helping the bees. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u..._Burnley_to_save_British_bee_from_extinction/

 

[BeeJayBee]

It'll be interesting to see how it works out

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Bet he felt a right prat, posing for that photo.

D

 

[Finman]

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When Jesus lived 2000 years ago, there was a gang who's principle was that human society is too technical and human should go back to nature.

When we lost our German Black Devil bees, it was founded here a gang to save that bug. Lucklily it has been lost totally.

Actually varroa killed the race and it is too hard to keep alive . It resist all kind of nursing procedures.

 

[Chris Luck]

Good job we've still got French Black Devil bees then.

Chris

 

[Shabro]

Groundwork wont be interested in the bees, they'll be more interested in the funding from the government that they will have recieved to do it

 

[FreeFall]

“The idea is that we create new starter, smaller colonies with queen bees, drones and workers.

“These will then be given to people to keep in their gardens, hopefully distributing them so the queen is more likely to mate with other bees and so increase the population.

Eh? Do the starter colonies have virgin queens in them? Presumably the course covers swarm control if they are in built up areas. Or does he mean drones, not queens?

 

[Chris Luck]

Always hard to know what is what with "journalism". I've had articles written about me and in every case even after taking what appeared to be copious notes and asking lots of questions they managed to get most of it wrong...

...either way, as bees are having such a hard time, it can't be bad to be creating so many new colonies to be handed out as well as helping to bring down the cost of honey and reduce the need for imports.

Chris

 

[DanBee]

Always hard to know what is what with "journalism".

I agree - I know (a?) Dave Rayner and he's very likely to be talking sense, so it must have got lost in translation.