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MARY

Joined: 01 Aug 2009
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Location: Leicestershire Warwickshire borders

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 5:01 pm Post subject: Have a look where my bees are...... sooo fantastic!
Have a look where my bees are...... https://www.flickr.com/photos/esneri/ They have been there a year now, sent off 4 fair sized swarms in one day back in June. My workshop has such a lovely gentle honey and wax scent. Mary

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 5:16 pm Post subject:
Cool pictures! Welcome to the site Mary.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 5:51 pm Post subject:
Wow! Very rare to see them exposed in the UK. In warmer drier climates they will do this but our climate tends to be too wet & they move to a hollow tree or similar. I would be tempted to move them to a hive but a natural nest like that is certainly a thing of beauty. Welcome from me too.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 6:01 pm Post subject:
Fantastic pictures. I bet you waste an awful lot of time watching them!

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 6:35 pm Post subject:
Amazing pictures, I've never seen an exposed colony like that stay in good shape over a winter, they must be really happy there

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 6:36 pm Post subject:
Wow - that is incredible

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 7:23 pm Post subject:
Fabulous pictures.

MARY

Joined: 01 Aug 2009
Posts: 24
Location: Leicestershire Warwickshire borders

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 8:30 pm Post subject:

[quote="Tavascarow"]Wow!
Very rare to see them exposed in the UK.
In warmer drier climates they will do this but our climate tends to be too wet & they move to a hollow tree or similar.
I would be tempted to move them to a hive but a natural nest like that is certainly a thing of beauty.
Welcome from me too.

Thanks for the welcome folks. Yes I do spend a lot of time watching, with magnifyers and a small torch at night, rather than working! The architecture seems so random but comes together building both strength and protection.
Absolutely facinating. It is a very large and strong colony at the moment. What was incredible was that they survived last winter. I nearly went up to get the honey comb, so glad I didn't! I may try for one small piece of comb? Or do you think I may disturb them? I don't want to loose them.

Ageing Hippy

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 31
Location: Derbyshire

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 8:49 am Post subject:
There`s an article in the current Permaculture Magazine about 'Sustainable Beekeeping'. There`s a picture just like that captioned 'Natural Combs'. Fascinating.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 9:21 am Post subject:
Gosh - what amazing pics!

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 6:50 pm Post subject:
WOW Mary! Those pics are to die for! You lucky thing! So lovely to see you just left them to it instead of stuffing them in a hive! They look wonderful there! Do you ever open the window in your study?? Very, very cool. Welcome to the site too!

MARY

Joined: 01 Aug 2009
Posts: 24
Location: Leicestershire Warwickshire borders

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 6:58 pm Post subject:
<Those pics are to die for! > I know!! Yep I am VERY lucky! < So lovely to see you just left them to it instead of stuffing them in a hive! > Thanks - That's what I think and I've learned a bit. <Do you ever open the window in your study?? > I'm thinking about it, it's a sash window so I will have to screw the top one in place first!?:

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 7:03 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

Fantastic pictures. I bet you waste an awful lot of time watching them!

Never a waste of time

Effie

Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Posts: 1087

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 7:40 pm Post subject:
They are amazing pictures. How fascinating to be able to watch them like that on a daily basis.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 10:30 pm Post subject:
This demands a web cam.

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