Single hen

[ali-s]

Thinking about what to put in my garden next year and came up with this idea

 

www.just-green.com/index.php?cPath=73_426 A Bumble Bee hive

 

It is too late for one this year as they only deliver up to August I am going to ask Father Christmas for a natural wood hive so I can paint it a nice shade of lilac

 

Just wish I had found them earlier this year

[Jules.]

This forum should come with the warning "can seriously damage your wealth"

[Cinnamon]

Oooooooooo- I want one

[Mrs Frugal]

I've already got the bumble bees as we've got a nest under the old summerhouse floor!

[Helly Welly]

They are a really good idea, i'll never convince OH that it's a good idea to keep bees though!

[Paola]

This forum should come with the warning "can seriously damage your wealth"

 

Tell me about it Poor OH credit card takes a real battering

[Lesley]

Isn't it lovely!

[Charlottechicken]

Ooh nice!

 

So many lovely websites, I can never find them when I want to look for something, do you think we should have a 'useful websites' sticky in the self sufficient area?

[redfrock]

my husband is desperate for bees! I keep suggesting to him that it is not a good idea though. After all ... if I'm not allowed a dog - and I've been pleading for one for years now (now I am threatening him with 'if you don't let me have a dog then I will have a baby instead** ) - then why should he be allowed bees!

 

** I seem to have a strange body clock - I have no wish for a baby and nothing is ticking, instead I just have this real need for a dog. You know that advert where every sentence is finished with baby ... well I am the equivalent with dog!

 

PS somehow I need to hide this thread from OH

 

PPS if you need to buy a refill every year does this mean they all die. Seems sad. Best not go naming them then

 

PPPS - looking at the price of the little one I have a funny feeling that if my husband is sat here with a large glass of red wine and his credit card ... that's normally what happens with him

 

OOps I've ended up with pepperpots when trying to put my PS's in

[ali-s]

It is sad that they die in the Autumn The new queen Bee survives and burys herself in the ground until the following spring, the old queen and all the worker Bees die

 

found this site last night which is informative. www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk

 

I did not realise that there several types of Bumble Bees

 

I would love Honey Bees Sadly my garden is not huge and I am surrounded by 5 neighbours gardens. Bumble Bees are not aggressive unless really provoked, they do not swarm. Also I do not like honey

 

Already thought of names for them all (not sure though how many you get) The queen will be called Queenie and the workers will all be called Buzzy

[ali-s]

So many lovely websites, I can never find them when I want to look for something, do you think we should have a 'useful websites' sticky in the self sufficient area?

 

I think that is a great idea

 

A sticky somewhere that we can post all these lovley sites Omeleteers are interested in

 

A Bumblebeelu would be great too

[redfrock]

A Bumblebeelu would be great too

 

Just how cool does that name sound Ali! I think they would all need to be yellow though so that it reminded the bees of pollen!