"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:46:37 +0100, "Christina Websell"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:36:22 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:57:36 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-08-05 21:20:31 +0100, "Ophelia" said:

Christina Websell wrote:

I am very interested in Sacha's comment, about having a 'hive' for
bumble bees. Have you heard anything about those?

Yes. They are easy to make, have a look on the web. I've made
several and they've all been taken up.
I've also drilled a log with holes for solitary bees and some of
holes are blocked up with clay, so I guess a few solitary bees found
it a good place to lay their eggs.

How do you attract them, or do they just find it?

You would need bee friendly plants nearby but things like sedums can be
grown in troughs and pots.

We have a bee friendly garden but it must be 2 months since we last saw
even a
bumble bee. There were lots of bumble bees in spring and now there are
none.
On Monday, we put one of those Victorian wasp traps in the garden & got
rid of
the wasp population too. I had to put a few drops of beer in it first.

Pigs are the next thing to have in your garden
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ternative.html
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Yeah, right. Brilliant idea (not)

I am not in favour of suggesting to people who live in towns that the best
thing they can do is to keep chickens, bees or pigs.

In the 1960s I rented a second floor development corporation flat in
Cwmbran.
Among the things that were prohibited in the rent contract was keeping
pigs
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The deeds of my house say I'm not allowed to be a fellmonger or a tallow
candle maker or a manure merchant by way of business.
I can keep pigs if I want to though. !!

Tina