middle class beekeeping !?

[nelletap]

And if you were even higher class, you'd have a man to stand there and take stings for you. If the ladies would dare to try and sting in yoru presence, of course.

 

[drstitson]

two obvious points here about a subset of amateur beekeepers:

1. do you read the telegraph?

and

2. do you have a garden in which you keep bees?

if you answer yes to both of the above then you must by definition be a middle class amateur beekeeper.

 

[Erichalfbee]

And if you are 1 or 2, not both?
Is one more important than the other?

 

[drstitson]

"And if you are 1 or 2, not both?"

i was being a bit sneaky there since answering yes to 1. by definition makes you middle (or upper) class.

 

[Rock_Chick]

I wouldn't know - I've never read the Telegraph!

And I can't read.

 

[Ellem]

After a hard morning's slog this has certainly lightened my mood.

thanks guys

 

[johnandyrob]

two obvious points here about a subset of amateur beekeepers:

1. do you read the telegraph?

and

2. do you have a garden in which you keep bees?

if you answer yes to both of the above then you must by definition be a middle class amateur beekeeper.

I read my mams telegraph and keep my bees in her garden does this make her middle class if it does she must be very disappointed in me

 

[BKF Admin]

We need a poll to sort out who eats Dinner at lunchtime,has tea instead of dinner and supper at bedtime rather than being invited out for supper.

That should wittle it down a bit.

 

[JC Bees]

so if you read the Sun and have an allotment you're a pleb!
Actually who cares what the news papers write - a bee will sting you whether you live upsatirs or downstairs.

 

[BKF Admin]

I dont like being stung downstairs though...
Now I am even more confused.

 

[Headnavigator]

Bearing in mind the luxury that my bees live in, and the way they are waited on hand and foot, every whim catered for, I suspect it's them that are middle or even upper class. I'm definitely in service, which makes me very downstairs.

 

[Pookiesbees]

 

[grahambee]

I start my smoker off ONLY WITH the telegraph

 

[Ellem]

I start my smoker off with the telegraph

Does that mean your bees are middle class as well then?

 

[grahambee]

Of course my man

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

My bees have a single upper class monarch, several tens of thousand workers with a few neer-do-good dossers living off the state. No middle management at all.

And we wonder why they are so efficient?

 

[Ely]

Maybe it's the green wellies we all wear to inspect our hives that gets us confused with the middle class. I don't know about you but I'm wearing sandals like a proper poor person next time!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Dinner at lunchtime,tea instead of dinner and supper at bedtime rather than being invited out for supper.

You've given the game away
Ok, who's up for a pint?