howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
maybe our educated members knew this already.
i found out this morning when i went out the back and noticed a bee floating on its face in a bucket of rain water.
most distressing, looked like a pool party at michael barrymores house.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
#2
Reminds me of this, you could always try singing it to the next one you find -
This summer I went swimming,
This summer I might have drowned,
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet and I moved my arms around,
I moved my arms around
The Swimming Song, Loudon Wainwright III
#3
I didnt think bees needed to swim , may be the rspca could teach them .
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#4
Bees need a drink of water from time to time. I fill a shallow dish with pebbles and add water. This allows insect to drink in safety...then I go out with a can of bug-spray and make a sport of it (not really)
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
#5
The animal lovers will love that Tom , bees are wonderful creatures un till you sit on one as i did once , i couldnt sit down for a few days .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
i bet the bee was not over the moon either mark.
lovely creatures, i love watching climbing into antirryhnums(probably wrong spelling) they go in so deep just their back legs show.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#7
I think it was Einstein who remarked that once the bees have gone the rest of the animal lifeforms will die out in a fortnight or so.
It is this sort of thing that brings families together Mark. If you need poison sucked out...Who ya gonna call?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
#8
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#9
actually tom this was discussed last summer at a time when bees were kicking the bucket in droves or was it hives.
not a scientific cove but don't we rely on them to go around pollinating?
some might say natures equivalent of john goodwin.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#10
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Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
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#11
I love bees. Last summer we had a bees nest at the bottom of the garden. They found a nice secluded spot between a load of old pallets that were due for the tip. Not sure if they're still there i'll have a little nosy later on. I think they were honey bees. A couple of bee keepers showed some interest in taking them off my hands but i wanted to keep them. Might even get a little bee box.
Mind you has anyone noticed how big the bees are this year. The ones i've seen are massive. They had a double white ring markings at the sting end. The wasps are huge too. I swear they were wearing boots and had tattoos.
