SarahBell Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 There is zero cost to the people that are chosen. I imagine they will have many interested. Most training is done via mentors. I assume they'll have a master beekeeper being paid some nice money to come and train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Is it a blue logo? I bee 'em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Is it a blue logo? Aye - its a royal good location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 There is zero cost to the people that are chosen. I imagine they will have many interested. Indeed. I'd imagine it being free has got a lot of people buzzing... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Aye - its a royal good location. They have the grounds for a few hives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Well all this bee-talk has made me thirsty - I'm off up the shop to get a few of these... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Well all this bee-talk has made me thirsty - I'm off up the shop to get a few of these... Hardcore bee lovers drink mead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I made mead in a mad way mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 I made mead in a mad way mostly. I've not tried any of the mead I've made yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I've not tried any of the mead I've made yet. Do not use heavy machinery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Do not use heavy machinery! If it's anything like the wine I've made then you can use it to power heavy machinery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justthisbloke Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Bees probably do well in suburban areas, where we don't all grow the same crop for 2000 acres, nor use insecticides. I lived in a flat in London where someone kept bees on the roof of the block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingpoor Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I lived in a flat in London where someone kept bees on the roof of the block. That's not a bad idea as they can swarm up above the buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 That's not a bad idea as they can swarm up above the buildings. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/16/5000-honeybees-swarm-topshop-victoria-street-london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingpoor Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/16/5000-honeybees-swarm-topshop-victoria-street-londonIt appears as if some businesses keep Bee hives as part of their enviromental strategy, might be why CCC's company is training staff? Asked where the bees will be taken, he said: "They will go to whoever wants a hive. We need bees in London as much as we need them on the countryside. Bees are a keystone species." It is common for honeybees to swarm and set up a new hive during the spring time. The colony was later safely moved across the road to the roof of Westminster cathedral, where it will be looked after by beekeepers. It is not known where the bees originally came from, but several shops in the local area do have their own hives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 It appears as if some businesses keep Bee hives as part of their enviromental strategy, might be why CCC's company is training staff? It is not known where the bees originally came from, but several shops in the local area do have their own hives. Different areas manage the swarm list differently. Some let anyone be on it and then people keep the swarms they collect. Some BKA organise a rota by which they collect the swarms, nurse them for a bit until they are 100% viable and then sell them to new people wanting bees. Bees are great but there has to be committee and time to deal with them. Poorly managed bees will cause more harm to the bees than gallons of pesticide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justthisbloke Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Bees are great but there has to be committee and time to deal with them. Poorly managed bees will cause more harm to the bees than gallons of pesticide. Aren't bees sort of, you know, natural? Can't they look after themselves without a committee? Or are honey bees a product of man's artifice as with hens bred for fatness/eggs, or cows for prodigious and unnatural volumes of milk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Aren't bees sort of, you know, natural? Can't they look after themselves without a committee? Or are honey bees a product of man's artifice as with hens bred for fatness/eggs, or cows for prodigious and unnatural volumes of milk? Perhaps the bees themselves form committees. I wouldn't put it past them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingpoor Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Aren't bees sort of, you know, natural? Can't they look after themselves without a committee? Or are honey bees a product of man's artifice as with hens bred for fatness/eggs, or cows for prodigious and unnatural volumes of milk? This is an interesting point as BumbleBees make their own nest / hive and produce just enough honey for themselves to eat. What do Honeybee's do if they are left to their own devices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This is an interesting point as BumbleBees make their own nest / hive and produce just enough honey for themselves to eat. What do Honeybee's do if they are left to their own devices? Buzz airshows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Aren't bees sort of, you know, natural? Can't they look after themselves without a committee? Or are honey bees a product of man's artifice as with hens bred for fatness/eggs, or cows for prodigious and unnatural volumes of milk? They have their own committees. Yes they will manage absolutely fine BUT people do not like swarms of bees near them. That's the problem for poorly managed bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 That's the problem for poorly managed bees. They're not very good at beehiving themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 CH 4 has London beekeepers on tonight at 8pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 They're not very good at beehiving themselves? Swarming is their way of reproducing. It makes a new colony. People just don't like seeing them in huge clouds whirling sounding like a lawnmower. Or in their chimneys etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 When I was a kid in the 70s, older kids would tell you that a particular bumble-bee could be picked-up in your hands and would not sting you. It had to be one with a red back-end, and a yellow stripe across the front of it's head. The stripe was where we thought it's nose was - if indeed bees have a nose - and they were known locally as "Yellow Nozzies". I picked many of them up and was never stung. Was this particular bee incapable of stinging, or would any bumble-bee behave this way and the colours were irrelevant? Can any of the bee experts shed further light on this..? XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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