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  • Exciting and scary bee news and a desperate plea!

    The OH has been doing a bee keeping course for a while with the intention of keeping bees eventually. Our allotment isn't suitable (too exposed) and so we were waiting to get some bees to ensure that we had a good home for them. He has built a lovely new hive but has been given an old hive which he tucked away at the top of his Dad's garden on Tuesday.

    Can you guess what has happened? Yes the thing that most beekeepers dream of - he's got a swam in the old hive! The trouble is, they can't stay there. We have found out that his Dad is very allergic to bee stings and our eldest nephew has a learning disability (they live close by and he is round his Grandad's a lot!) and its hard to keep him out of things....so, the desperate plea is for a suitable site to put the new hive! Simon is willing to share an existing plot with a more experienced keeper but, and this is the big but, it needs to be local - within the Countesthorpe, Blaby, Cosby kind of area of South Leicester. If anyone knows of a suitable site please please PM me and we can discuss.

    Thank you for reading
    We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

    http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
    Updated 21st July - please take a look

  • #2
    good luck finding a new home...one of my colonys swarmed today and ive not been able to track them down so ive probably lost em!! thats three swarms this week, got the other two though 2 out 3 aint bad!!! lol

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    • #3
      Oooh are you from the Lush forum too? I think I recognise the name.

      Sorry, can't help with the bees, but good luck - how exciting!
      Singleton Allotments Society
      Ashford Gardeners - A gardening club (and so much more) for the greenfingered of Ashford and surrounding areas. Non-Ashfordites welcome .

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      • #4
        Thats great news about the swarm moving in, sorry we can't help with finding a home, we're a bit too far away, but good luck on relocating them!

        We've been fortunate enough to have been involved in rehoming 2 swarms this week, so we've gone from no bees to 2 hives full in the space of 3 days!
        Blessings
        Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby)

        'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'!

        The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - an Allotment & Beekeeping blogspot!
        Last updated 16th April - Video intro to our very messy allotment!
        Dobby's Dog's - a Doggy Blog of pics n posts - RIP Bella gone but never forgotten xx
        On Dark Ravens Wing - a pagan blog of musings and experiences

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        • #5
          Sorry can't help just that little bit too far away in Rugby. Good luck though.
          When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown

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          • #6
            oh yes I am on the Lush forum Sonata - who are you? There are a few of us about you know!

            Thanks for the good wishes everyone!
            We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

            http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
            Updated 21st July - please take a look

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            • #7
              I'm Sonata on the Lush forum too, but haven't been there for a while. Mostly posted on the bumps and babes forum.

              Any luck with finding space for your bees?
              Singleton Allotments Society
              Ashford Gardeners - A gardening club (and so much more) for the greenfingered of Ashford and surrounding areas. Non-Ashfordites welcome .

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