On 2009-08-05 10:32:01 +0100, Martin said:

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:59:41 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-08-05 07:55:26 +0100, "Ophelia" said:

A report on radio4 this morning, asking people to keep a bee colony in their
gardens and even on a balcony (for example) for city dwellers. How
practical is this?

You can buy bee boxes for bumble bees and put them up as instructed.
It doesn't have to be a honey bee colony. Three species of bumble bees
are now extinct. ;-(

Don't bumble bees live a lonely life in holes?

No, apparently they live in smallish colonies. Some bees are known as
'solitary bees' for good reason.

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