Posted by Ophelia on August 5, 2009, 2:55 am
A report on radio4 this morning, asking people to keep a bee colony in their
gardens and even on a balcony (for example) for city dwellers. How
practical is this?
Posted by Gopher on August 5, 2009, 3:27 am
>A report on radio4 this morning, asking people to keep a bee colony in their
>gardens and even on a balcony (for example) for city dwellers. How
>practical is this?
There are quite a few instances of this happening in other European
countries although I have not seen it in the UK. I guess it depends on
ease of accessibility to food source. A balcony on a flat in a small
rural town would be somewhat different to that in a high rise block in a
major industrially based city - even allowing for the greater awareness
of the green issue.
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Posted by Ophelia on August 5, 2009, 4:40 am
>>A report on radio4 this morning, asking people to keep a bee colony in
>>their
>>gardens and even on a balcony (for example) for city dwellers. How
>>practical is this?
>>
>>
> There are quite a few instances of this happening in other European
> countries although I have not seen it in the UK. I guess it depends on
> ease of accessibility to food source. A balcony on a flat in a small rural
> town would be somewhat different to that in a high rise block in a major
> industrially based city - even allowing for the greater awareness of the
> green issue.
There was some mention of a food source, I didn't hear it all. I might look
on 'Listen Again' and see if I get hear it all.
How easy is it to acquire a bee colony, and from whom?
Posted by Martin on August 5, 2009, 4:57 am
>>>A report on radio4 this morning, asking people to keep a bee colony in
>>>their
>>>gardens and even on a balcony (for example) for city dwellers. How
>>>practical is this?
>>>
>>>
>> There are quite a few instances of this happening in other European
>> countries although I have not seen it in the UK. I guess it depends on
>> ease of accessibility to food source. A balcony on a flat in a small rural
>> town would be somewhat different to that in a high rise block in a major
>> industrially based city - even allowing for the greater awareness of the
>> green issue.
>There was some mention of a food source, I didn't hear it all. I might look
>on 'Listen Again' and see if I get hear it all.
>How easy is it to acquire a bee colony, and from whom?
Sometimes they acquire you LOL
You could enquire here. http://www.britishbee.org.uk/
http://www.britishbee.org.uk/getting_started.php
Is Omlet's pricing competitive? What does a normal hive cost?
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Martin
Posted by Ophelia on August 5, 2009, 5:51 am
>> You could enquire here. http://www.britishbee.org.uk/
> http://www.britishbee.org.uk/getting_started.php
Thank you for these.
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>gardens and even on a balcony (for example) for city dwellers. How
>practical is this?