What to do with dead bees?

[victor meldrew]

Is male wee more potent than female?

Simple plumbing !
Easy for the male to create a pee trail . Not so easy for a female

Good fun writing your name in the snow .
A mate of mine had an irate bloke knocking on his door .he complained about finding his name written so in the snow!
Mates father said "get over it mate, all boys do that!"
"Not in my daughters hand writing they don't"
VM

 

[Dishmop]

Tried them in chutney ... but a bit crunchy!

Ney problem..

Put them in the lasagna.

 

[richardbees]

No problems... chickens keep the grass short and soon move away......

icanhopit, Thanks - that's more or less made my mind up rb

 

[LittleGreyRabbit]

My wife's Buff Orpingtons eat them !

icanhopit

I'm thinking of getting some chickens and the easiest place to make 'fox proof' includes where the hives are. Would the chickens create any problems...... ?

For the first year of bee-keeping, I used to let my hens wander around and under the hive stand (I built a stand with long legs), they would eat the dead bees on the ground, and bees and hens seemed to ignore each other.

The second year - last year - was different. The bees sometimes chased the hens, and I was there when one hen (by pecking rather frantically) managed to extract a bee from the feathers on her leg before it stung her. I know that hens are sometimes stung by bees, and being stung can kill them. So now I keep the hens from walking under the hive.

 

[LittleGreyRabbit]

A folk singer friend of mine likes to get her gentlemen friends to pee around the perimeter of her garden.. to keep the foxes away !
also has hives and chickens free roaming never lost one to a fox... chicken that is!

Sorry to be a party-pooper but don't rely on this. Next door lost their three hens to a fox, despite the hens being "protected" by the husband's pee around the boundaries of the garden.

 

[richardbees]

rabbit

never fear, I've no illusions about foxes being reliably deterred by other than razor wire netting or 250V As the bees are already in the best fox proofed corner of my site, all I need is to fence the other two sides to keep chickens.

 

[For want of a better word]

Sorry to be a party-pooper but don't rely on this. Next door lost their three hens to a fox, despite the hens being "protected" by the husband's pee around the boundaries of the garden.

An electric fence is a good idea... never have my NZ bees attacked the Buffs. although a friend had his Carniolians attack his smaller black hens !

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[richardbees]

black hens !

iirc Ted H mentioned seeing a dalmation being stung only on it's black spots

 

[Dishmop]

An electric fence is a good idea

probably..


but dont pee on it.

 

[For want of a better word]

Specialist mesh type electrical fencing is available to protect the hens.... what about the bees.. emf and all that stuff?

 

[richardbees]

I had a visitor this pm from New Brunswick, Ca who's planning to start his first hive in May/June. He's done a course and has bought all the gear- he was interested in my plans for protecting chickens from foxes and said his major problem will be protecting from bears.....apparently they are very partial to honey.

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

I had a visitor this pm from New Brunswick, Ca who's planning to start his first hive in May/June. He's done a course and has bought all the gear- he was interested in my plans for protecting chickens from foxes and said his major problem will be protecting from bears.....apparently they are very partial to honey.

Does the pope s**t on his balcony?

D

 

[REDWOOD]

OK i'v seen foxes in London but never a bear, although Paddington is not too far away

 

[Luminos]

Does the pope s**t on his balcony?

D

Doesn't he use the Papal Throne

 

[madasafish]

My mother taught me that the way to deter bears was to bow to the full moon and howl at the top of my voice: it puts them off their food.

It works: never seen a bear in the wild in the UK...

 

[richardbees]

I'll tell him that tomorrow

 

[Luminos]

I've seen a bear behind...

 

[For want of a better word]

He's done a course and has bought all the gear


should have all the answers then !

 

[richardbees]

should have all the answers then !

what a bunch of cynics!

No, he's the first to acknowledge he knows sfa - and had to go to Maine, US to even get the basics.....his main problem will be getting some bees as he's a long way from the few sources in N.B. and bees can't be brought in from another state or the u.s.

 

[lancee]

I think you all have too much time on your hands.