Amongst them are a member who has moved on to BBKA admin, a couple who have passed away most notably Pete Little, some who have given up beekeeping, have given up the forum, some who now are still here but no longer post, some who are banned and the rest…….. who knows? ‘It’s the way of things.
I sympathise with you - I got them twisted once, slipped and sat on one - brought tears to my eyes I can tell you and walked with a limp for days
The case was whether the fish in the lakes were property through per industriam and whether this survived a change of ownership. It was decided:
It's over 6 quid with postage! From the contents there doesn't seem much on swarms Beekeeping and the Law:Swarms and Neighbours by David Frimston and David Smith | eBay
Thanks another book I had not heard of.
It would certainly be included.
Incorrect. It can be lost- speciation is an example.If a trait is really useful in Nature it is not likely to be lost. If human, breeder selection produces queens with useful traits, those bees will also need to have all the other traits that make them suited to the environments in which we keep them. If not, we will be in a constant cycle of needing to buy new queens from those special sources. I know that approach already suits many people, but some of us would prefer to be able to sustain our own stocks of bees.
There is room for all of these ways of beekeeping and it's a shame that a few beekeepers on all sides are liable to become so polarised, intransigent and intolerant of the preferences of others.
Twaddle? We've gone beyond swarms. I would say the case I quoted is relevant to anybody who takes their hives onto somebody else's land. As i've previously written I think there is an interesting legal case to be had if say there is a disagreement and the farmer blocks access to your hives. Who's bees are they? They can't be yours per industriam because you don't have access so they must now be the farmers.
There's always a churn rate on forums ... what surprised me was that there were so many still posting or at least lurking on here nearly 12 years on from that thread. Four of the posters we know for certain have died sadly. When you look at the current viewing figures ... on a Friday night there are 50 paid up members on line and over 250 guests (non paid up members) ... that's as good or a darned sight better than most specialist forums I've come across .... and 10 times most beekeeping forums ....
I presume this is a hypothetical exercise in the absence if having any real bees to play with
This thread/blog is entitled legislation. If you are not interested then don't post. There is no forum law that says you have to post on every thread? In fact it gets quite boring reading again and again posts from yourself.
Bit like God then
Incorrect. It can be lost- speciation is an example.
As a student I did some research into the immune system of dairy cattle. We compared a breed selected intensively for milk production (Holstein-Friesian) with a less intensively bred breed (Brown Swiss). The immune cells we looked at showed a marked difference in their responses to pathogen antigens, with much better responses in the BS which fits with the broader picture that certain traits are inversely linked and how much mastitis is seen between those two breeds. Intensive selection for production traits generally does lead to a decrease in general 'fitness'.
My proudest part of that project was that the research group switched from using SB as the acronym for the Swiss Brown/Brown Swiss breed so the eventual paper was full of references to BS.
