That’s no native bee it’s wearing trainers it’s a fast buck. No true Mercian bee would be seen without horse hair trousers socks and sandals. That would be truly native adaptation to humid valleys!Like this...View attachment 29110
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That’s no native bee it’s wearing trainers it’s a fast buck. No true Mercian bee would be seen without horse hair trousers socks and sandals. That would be truly native adaptation to humid valleys!Like this...View attachment 29110
And if your not on It watch outA quick look at your BFA members book should tell you
It is ancient woodland...
I have wondered, why English countryside has so huge oaks in the middle of fields? I suppose that oaks drop their huge acorn crop and domestic animals get good forage from them. Surely you know better the history of big oaks.
Survivor oaks?I believe it's something along the lines of when hedging was planted in the old days they used to put an oak every 20 yards. Many of the large oaks in the middle of fields are all that remain since hedgerows were removed to make fields larger and 'more efficient'.
Historically pigs would be grazed/fattened on acorns but I think this might have been in proper woodland rather than along hedgerows.
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.I believe it's something along the lines of when hedging was planted in the old days they used to put an oak every 20 yards. Many of the large oaks in the middle of fields are all that remain since hedgerows were removed to make fields larger and 'more efficient'.
Far from being the unmanaged population of bees, it appears from this article I found there’s a fair bit of beekeeper selection going on.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environ...eims-wild-bees-protected-invaders-trap-hives/
So only 10% of nest-sites are occupied, which means there's plenty of nest capacity. Although making nest-boxes can't be a bad thing.According to this article from the Blenheim web site. Colony losses in this country are down to CCD. There’s me thinking the NBU have not identified any CCD in the UK!We're Building Bee B&Bs
I just looked at the article on the Blenheim website. If you look at the photo of the guy making the “natural hives” you can see some normal supers in the top left hand corner. They must have some managed beehives on site, so much for their assertion of the genetic purity of their local bees.According to this article from the Blenheim web site. Colony losses in this country are down to CCD. There’s me thinking the NBU have not identified any CCD in the UK!We're Building Bee B&Bs
Aye and they look like theyve been around a bit to.I just looked at the article on the Blenheim website. If you look at the photo of the guy making the “natural hives” you can see some normal supers in the top left hand corner. They must have some managed beehives on site, so much for their assertion of the genetic purity of their local bees.
No they are posh bees and they dont hang out with those bees over the wallBut the statement is billhooks - there is managed beekeeping all over the area. What planet are these fools on? do they live in a parallel universe (or is that just asking the obvious?)
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