Isle of Wight anyone ?

[Portreath_Bees]

Anybody keeping bees over there ?

 

[MartinL]

Anybody keeping bees over there ?

Must be,

but does it interfere with the Garlic growing?

 

[Anduril]

Anybody keeping bees over there ?

There are beekeepers on this forum from the Isle of Wight, also Quarr Abbey have a number of hives.

 

[Portreath_Bees]

Nice bit of local knowledge, I'm impressed !! I have no idea garlic wise though, I wouldn't have thought it would interfere. I only ask as I grew up on the island and don't particularly remember seeing any hives but there must be some there, plenty of greenery for them

 

[Anduril]

More to the Isle of Wight than Garlic Farm.

 

[Portreath_Bees]

More to the Isle of Wight than Garlic Farm.

Your not wrong there, in recent years the festival and bestival have become the main attractions on the island, as you said though, so much more to the island

 

[Anduril]

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18824&highlight=Quarr+abbey
A couple of members from the Isle of Wight, not sure how active they are these days.

 

[oliver90owner]

Try wight bee, wightbee or wightbees? He almost certainly lives there!

 

[pargyle]

Anybody keeping bees over there ?

If you go to the Community Tab and search members and then hit advanced search you can put in Isle of Wight as a location - 39 members listed there:

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/memberlist.php?do=getall

What you will then have to do is look at their recent statistics and see when they were last present on the forum ... after that - if you REALLY want to be sociable (unlike some of us grumpy antisocial stay at homes) you could PM them ...

It's not all true what they say about people who were born and live on the IOW - only a few have six fingers ...on each hand.

 

[wightbees]

Hello, yes I'm a true islander. Sorry everyone, not been active at all after life **** on me but bouncing back now and sure to cause chaos, given a chance lol..
I still got bees , just about managed to keep them going and hoping to carry on where I left off this season.
Nice to see some old faces..... And some not so haha
Regards
Wightbees

 

[dpearce4]

Hello, yes I'm a true islander. Sorry everyone, not been active at all after life **** on me but bouncing back now and sure to cause chaos, given a chance lol..
I still got bees , just about managed to keep them going and hoping to carry on where I left off this season.
Nice to see some old faces..... And some not so haha
Regards
Wightbees

Glad to hear your back.

 

[wightbees]

Thank you...I ended up in hospital due to lack of care whilst tending to bees ,at one point I just didn't seen to give a dam, so it was my own fault I got stung so much.

 

[Worldsend]

Thank you...I ended up in hospital due to lack of care whilst tending to bees ,at one point I just didn't seen to give a dam, so it was my own fault I got stung so much.

Is St Mary's off black alert now?

All in-laws from IOW. I could say high six to you if I wasn't an overner

 

[pargyle]

Hello, yes I'm a true islander. Sorry everyone, not been active at all after life **** on me but bouncing back now and sure to cause chaos, given a chance lol..
I still got bees , just about managed to keep them going and hoping to carry on where I left off this season.
Nice to see some old faces..... And some not so haha
Regards
Wightbees

Cant get the venom out of your blood once it gets a hold ... good to see you back again ... not much has changed - off season arguments are as 'entertaining' as ever but no recent bannings !! Hope you get out from under the pile of **** ...

 

[pargyle]

All in-laws from IOW. I could say high six to you if I wasn't an overner

That was funny .... just spit my beer out !!

 

[REDWOOD]

My great grandmother was an ovener, she owned a pub there. Probably before or during wwll


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[wightbees]

St Mary's hmmm don't get me started on that one... Caulkheads is the original name for us islanders: D
What pub was it, they are disappear rapid over here, shame really..

 

[REDWOOD]

I believe it's still there, I'll ask my dad next time I see him


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[Portreath_Bees]

Where abouts on the island are you wightbees ? I'm from the Freshwater end but have relocated to Cornwall

 

[wightbees]

Hi, I'm from Newport, the Capital .... Cornwall is a lovely place, been there loads of times.