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Talking about Bees, has anyone else noticed quite a few about since it got warmer? (more than you normally do when its warm)
Last weekend end there were 5 or 6 massive ones on the window frames... maybe they were just all out for a hoon after the long, cold winter.
I thought there was a big panic that they were declining in number and we could only live 4 or 5 years without them.
Last weekend end there were 5 or 6 massive ones on the window frames... maybe they were just all out for a hoon after the long, cold winter.
I thought there was a big panic that they were declining in number and we could only live 4 or 5 years without them.
Steamer said:
Talking about Bees, has anyone else noticed quite a few about since it got warmer? (more than you normally do when its warm)
Last weekend end there were 5 or 6 massive ones on the window frames... maybe they were just all out for a hoon after the long, cold winter.
I thought there was a big panic that they were declining in number and we could only live 4 or 5 years without them.
saw my first wasps of the year this week too.Last weekend end there were 5 or 6 massive ones on the window frames... maybe they were just all out for a hoon after the long, cold winter.
I thought there was a big panic that they were declining in number and we could only live 4 or 5 years without them.
big event in my calendar, at the next full moon, i'll have the rotten apple feast, washed down with coke
Harmless . . but I wouldn't want to meet this:
Worrying article here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-126...
hope they don't make it or get done in pronto if found.
Worrying article here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-126...
hope they don't make it or get done in pronto if found.
Edited by Lost_BMW on Thursday 15th April 23:20
Steamer said:
Talking about Bees, has anyone else noticed quite a few about since it got warmer? (more than you normally do when its warm)
Last weekend end there were 5 or 6 massive ones on the window frames... maybe they were just all out for a hoon after the long, cold winter.
I thought there was a big panic that they were declining in number and we could only live 4 or 5 years without them.
I found 4 huuuge bumble bees in the bathroom last week. I can only imagine they'd been hibernating in the airing cupboard (which has gaps to the outside) since there is no other way they could have got in there. I caught them in a net and let them out of course. Since the decline in native honey bee numbers, we're dependent on bumbles for pollination. Last weekend end there were 5 or 6 massive ones on the window frames... maybe they were just all out for a hoon after the long, cold winter.
I thought there was a big panic that they were declining in number and we could only live 4 or 5 years without them.
I live out in the country and have a 'Mediterranean' garden as far as the climate allows. Having observed bee activity in this over the last year, there must be 20 different bumble bee species at least, appearing at different times of the year, and feeding on different plants. Fascinating.
What's sad though is the decline in honey bees. As a nipper I remember 20 honey bees to 1 bumble. Now (on Box Hill at any rate) it's 50 bumbles to 1 honey bee.
Police State said:
Defcon5 said:
So how did it meet its maker?
It didn't, (i'm a part-time buddhist) it is actually a lovely (but fierce) looking thing. The photo doesn't show it in it's best light...Only go to the temple when you fancy it, get a
holed, when you fancy it, get laid, when you fancy it.....Hey thats ok i wouldnt mid being a part timer.....when i fancy it 
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