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Yay the bees make a return :)
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Even though I hate them to bits I just cannot bring myself to kill them because they're so important to cultivation and it's a good idea to help them because they're becoming fewer in number.
So every so often I'm going to leave a dish with sugar water next to the bushes in the garden to help them ... Every little helps and hopefully other people do the same  |
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"Even though I hate them to bits I just cannot bring myself to kill them because they're so important to cultivation and it's a good idea to help them because they're becoming fewer in number.
So every so often I'm going to leave a dish with sugar water next to the bushes in the garden to help them ... Every little helps and hopefully other people do the same "
Why would you even consider killing them?
They arent harming you |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Or plant lots of flowers"
we have loads to plant this year can't wait to see how it goes, plenty of lavender and we're having our own herb garden too |
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"Even though I hate them to bits I just cannot bring myself to kill them because they're so important to cultivation and it's a good idea to help them because they're becoming fewer in number.
So every so often I'm going to leave a dish with sugar water next to the bushes in the garden to help them ... Every little helps and hopefully other people do the same "
Why on earth would you hate bees? |
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"Even though I hate them to bits I just cannot bring myself to kill them because they're so important to cultivation and it's a good idea to help them because they're becoming fewer in number.
So every so often I'm going to leave a dish with sugar water next to the bushes in the garden to help them ... Every little helps and hopefully other people do the same "
Bee,s are protected, I have to inform clients of this all the time ....if the queen finds a home around someone's property then they have to leave well alone til the season is over....wasps are a different story...I can rid any property of a wasps nest  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Never gog the bees ard important thing plants evolve"
"All sorts of fruit and vegetables are pollinated by honey bees, such as broccoli and squash, apples and almonds. Pollination is not just important for the food we eat directly, it's vital for the foraging crops, such as field beans and clover, used to feed the livestock we depend on for meat."
The most basic version, its much more complex that that. |
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We had a huge bee in the lounge on Wednesday - I tried to get it out the window but failed. The dog found it yesterday but didn’t touch it. It was very dozy so I managed to get it outside but not sure how long it would survive  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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You should only give them sugar water if you find an exhausted bee. It gives them a bit of energy to get back to the hive. If you put it out for them all the time they'll keep returning to it and not the flowers, so stopping them doing the job they're meant to do. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"We had a huge bee in the lounge on Wednesday - I tried to get it out the window but failed. The dog found it yesterday but didn’t touch it. It was very dozy so I managed to get it outside but not sure how long it would survive "
they tend to say give It sugar if it's exhausted .... I'd love to see a queen bee in person never seen one before only on videos about beekeeping ... It's crazy how much time and effort goes into it and to be honest I'd like try it one day and use the honey to brew a mead. |
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"You should only give them sugar water if you find an exhausted bee. It gives them a bit of energy to get back to the hive. If you put it out for them all the time they'll keep returning to it and not the flowers, so stopping them doing the job they're meant to do."
yeah that's why I'm only putting a small amount out, we have plenty of shrubbery and loads of blossom trees everywhere every house on the street has some form of plantation I'm hoping it entices them to come |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Please don't kill me with this post. Im sitting down in my front room about an hour ago and hear this deep extremely loud buzz. I jump up from my seat and rush out the room. I look for a long object,thankfully I have a single crutch from an old football injury that I kept. I work up courage to enter the room expecting to have to use the crutch to guide the creature out of a slightly open window. There is no creature in the room, it must have been just outside the window. I would have hated to have seen the size of that bee! |
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"If i see a bee that is just sitting there i get some honey and give it to them it's mostly bumblebees that i see "
If it rains a lot in a short amount of time, I go out to rescue the slugs from drowning. They breath through a hole in their back, and are not good swimmers.
On a nice day you can find slugs out on the grass, and you can break off some leaves from a tree, and carry them over to the slugs, then hold them up to their mouth and they start eating, they take cute little bites out of the leaf. |
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By *ky19Man
over a year ago
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"Wouldn't be surprised if bees where dying off due to the increase in electromagnetic waves that are being emited from mobile devices."
I think this could be possible. If so, it would get a lot worse with 5G and LED streetlights.
The fluffy bees often seem to be really tame. If you put your hand out they will walk on it. One bee let me pet it - how cute! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You should only give them sugar water if you find an exhausted bee. It gives them a bit of energy to get back to the hive. If you put it out for them all the time they'll keep returning to it and not the flowers, so stopping them doing the job they're meant to do."
I was just about to say that. |
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"If i see a bee that is just sitting there i get some honey and give it to them it's mostly bumblebees that i see
If it rains a lot in a short amount of time, I go out to rescue the slugs from drowning. They breath through a hole in their back, and are not good swimmers.
On a nice day you can find slugs out on the grass, and you can break off some leaves from a tree, and carry them over to the slugs, then hold them up to their mouth and they start eating, they take cute little bites out of the leaf."
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