Probably not totally deluded - they seem to be very industrious as they attempt to monetise every facet of their little estate.
And, as PT Barnum once said (or was it Hannum) 'there's a sucker born every minute'Probably not totally deluded - they seem to be very industrious as they attempt to monetise every facet of their little estate.
The enclosures act marked the beginning of serious breeding of cattle and such, much easier when the neighbours inferior bull doesn't hump your cows by wondering free over the common.People seem to forget that fields in general are a fairly new invention, until the upper classes decided to steal common land from ordinary people and then charge them to use it fields (or hayes -which is where the term for dried grass comes from) were just the occasional are used for specialised purposes, until mass enclosures in the 1700's and 1800s vast tracts of land were just open with the occasional coverts of trees dotted around for the benefit of hunters. Individual land boundaries to indicate a person's crops were just marked by stones or natural features.
He probably learned that from Monty PythonHe probably coloured it in with a felt tip pen!
Here's a story that predates the Blenheim one by many years from dear old Wales which you might find interesting. I'm sure many on this list know or know of Robert, he is still around but I'm afraid I don't know how he got on with his quest for native bees.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/native-black-bee-flies-out-2426288
Erm, no, I'm a Welsh beekeeper who keeps native bees and I'd be interested in thisThe last sentence of that article says "The second stage of the survey involves DNA analysis - and it is this that has shown that the Welsh bees are unique to the British Isles" BUT the article does not provide a link to this "DNA analysis" which has shown the "Welsh bees (to be) unique".... does anyone have a link to it, I know that there are Welsh beeks here so they must have heard of this published research in some Welsh beek magazine, if it exists..??
and it is this that has shown that the Welsh bees are unique to the British Isles"
More than 9 years ago - the Guardian April 2012 -The last sentence of that article says "The second stage of the survey involves DNA analysis - and it is this that has shown that the Welsh bees are unique to the British Isles" BUT the article does not provide a link to this "DNA analysis" which has shown the "Welsh bees (to be) unique".... does anyone have a link to it, I know that there are Welsh beeks here so they must have heard of this published research in some Welsh beek magazine, if it exists..??
Aren’t bees always in decline when people are after fundingbe more interested to know where the found this 'dramatic decline' in honeybee colonies, considering the numbers have been going up and up since the mid 1950's
Then there’s this. Admittedly three years old. I wonder what happened to the idea?
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/bees-gone-wild/
"There is a lot of anecdotal evidence among our 300 members that the survival rate is higher for black honeybees," said Terry Clare, president of Bibba........................”
as do non-feral honeybees, in towns at least
as do non-feral honeybees, in towns at least
More than 9 years ago - the Guardian April 2012 -
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"There is a lot of anecdotal evidence among our 300 members that the survival rate is higher for black honeybees," said Terry Clare, president of Bibba........................”
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