Little Ann - I doubt it. No commercial iterest fo rth epeople who produce the offending chemicals and too little interest - so far - for local and national governments to fund such research. Maybe something for a school or university project...........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Hi all iv just come back from the allotment and noticed 3 different types of bee on the yellow flowers of the nobbys ( Brussels sprouts to most people) that a fellow allotmenteer has left for them, and they were really busy and obviously have a grand time of it ,so this has to be another one to remember for the future for our garden,also i noticed the tadpoles were doing a piranha on a garden snail that must have fallen into the pond, i always thought they only ate plant life but not these matey they were hungry alright,OK good luck to the Bees and you lot get your sun-cream out just in case,( i would insert a smiley face with sun glass,s and winking) but i don't know how to get them biyall
I am agree with Outdoor Girl that some beekeeping associations apply non-sense methods to keep queen bee even they give bees the sugar and cut their wings to keep them in hives but some beekeeping associations i-e i joined beekeeping course in Quebec in canada and found the association very honest with bees.
Try the Natural Beekeeping Website for details of courses in your area, Also Gareth John has a course running in early September. See the Simple Bees website.
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Little Ann - I doubt it. No commercial iterest fo rth epeople who produce the offending chemicals and too little interest - so far - for local and national governments to fund such research. Maybe something for a school or university project...........
Alan4711
I am agree with Outdoor Girl that some beekeeping associations apply non-sense methods to keep queen bee even they give bees the sugar and cut their wings to keep them in hives but some beekeeping associations i-e i joined beekeeping course in Quebec in canada and found the association very honest with bees.
Hives don't have to cost a fortune..how about making your own? here's a good link for you that contains plans for a Top Bar Hive.
http://www.biobees.com/
A course on beekeeping is a good investment(and helps you decide whether you can handle being surrounded by a cloud of buzzing bees!!!)
loads of info and instructive videos on this great site.
Seem to be more bumbles than honeybees round my allotment this year.
cheers
Try the Natural Beekeeping Website for details of courses in your area, Also Gareth John has a course running in early September. See the Simple Bees website.