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I've actually got a bumble bee flying round the patio looking for he's
alighted on the hanging baskets I've just made up for people (about 6) but doesn't seem to be interested in any of those plants. i feel guilty I can't supply him with anything better! -- Janet Tweedy |
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On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:41:44 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote: I've actually got a bumble bee flying round the patio looking for he's alighted on the hanging baskets I've just made up for people (about 6) but doesn't seem to be interested in any of those plants. i feel guilty I can't supply him with anything better! I hope he had his thermals on! It's way too cold here for bees. :) -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:20:23 +0000, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-12-04 12:41:44 +0000, Janet Tweedy said: I've actually got a bumble bee flying round the patio looking for he's alighted on the hanging baskets I've just made up for people (about 6) but doesn't seem to be interested in any of those plants. i feel guilty I can't supply him with anything better! I sw a huge one here on some Salvia involucrata which are still flowering. I doubt he'll be around today though. It's 8C at present. Yesterday evening - a Pipistrelle. They are usually tucked up for the winter by now. -- rbel |
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In article , Sacha
writes I sw a huge one here on some Salvia involucrata which are still flowering. I doubt he'll be around today though. It's 8C at present. Well it was here as well but this poor little bumble bee was circling the hanging baskets for ages! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Sacha
writes Might be worth putting out a very shallow container with a sugar/water mix in it. Clearly, they're trying to stock up. -- Good idea! Will do -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 04/12/2011 20:33, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-12-04 20:24:35 +0000, Janet Tweedy said: In article , Sacha writes I sw a huge one here on some Salvia involucrata which are still flowering. I doubt he'll be around today though. It's 8C at present. Well it was here as well but this poor little bumble bee was circling the hanging baskets for ages! Might be worth putting out a very shallow container with a sugar/water mix in it. Clearly, they're trying to stock up. I was going to suggest that but, if Janet has it, honey would be favourite. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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In article , Spider
writes I was going to suggest that but, if Janet has it, honey would be favourite. Coo even better Spider as i loathe honey and I still have jars that i bought for Tom as he could eat it by the spoonful given half a chance!! How will they find it though? It won't have any pretty petals or anything. Do they locate it by smell? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , Spider writes I was going to suggest that but, if Janet has it, honey would be favourite. Coo even better Spider as i loathe honey and I still have jars that i bought for Tom as he could eat it by the spoonful given half a chance!! How will they find it though? It won't have any pretty petals or anything. Do they locate it by smell? Most certainly, this is why robbing of hives by other bees can be a problem and just try extracting honey from combs in a kitchen with the outside door open - bee armageddon! Phil |
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In article , Phil
Gurr writes Most certainly, this is why robbing of hives by other bees can be a problem and just try extracting honey from combs in a kitchen with the outside door open - bee armageddon! Phil Honey now decanted in Pyrex dish on patio table, full jar of manuka, so should smell for miles if they have a sense of smell! Nothing yet ......... -- Janet Tweedy |
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On 05/12/2011 13:40, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Spider writes I was going to suggest that but, if Janet has it, honey would be favourite. Coo even better Spider as i loathe honey and I still have jars that i bought for Tom as he could eat it by the spoonful given half a chance!! How will they find it though? It won't have any pretty petals or anything. Do they locate it by smell? Can you rig up a hanging dish near your hanging baskets, where you know they already investigate? -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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In article , Janet Tweedy
writes Honey now decanted in Pyrex dish on patio table, full jar of manuka, What a waste:( Do you recall how much it cost? -- regards andyw |
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In article , news
writes What a waste:( Do you recall how much it cost? No idea but it must be at least three years old............ If I have any more would you like me to post it to you? :) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Spider
writes Can you rig up a hanging dish near your hanging baskets, where you know they already investigate? -- They aren't actually my hanging baskets spider i seem to have had lots of people wanting to make one for them this year so they are all clustered round the table in varying degrees of completeness with trays of pansies and violas still to go in on top of the little iris bulbs, the heather, grasses and gaultherias. Haven't even got round to my own yet ! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Sacha
writes Another way to feed in the winter months it to use baker's fondant (the soft icing on cakes) as this won't ferment and the bees can eat it straight away." Oh that's good, I've just bought a canon printer that uses edible inks and have been playing at printing photographs onto icing sheets, both large cake sizes and cupcake ones and have done about 6 cakes so far and also got a fair bit of spare fondant icing left from doing the sides to match the top! Send me a photo Sacha and I'll print you one to put on ray's Christmas cake. Do you know (off topic admittedly) no one has yet been happy at eating the actual bit with a face on it? Well apart from my friend's husband who would rather eat the photograph with his wife's or his face than desecrate the Chelsea football club logo on the very top :) Janet -- Janet Tweedy |
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On Dec 5, 5:34*pm, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Sacha writes Another way to feed in the winter months it to use baker's fondant (the soft icing on cakes) as this won't ferment and the bees can eat it straight away." Oh that's good, I've just bought a canon printer that uses edible inks and have been playing at printing photographs onto icing sheets, both large cake sizes and cupcake ones and have done about 6 cakes so far and also got a fair bit of spare fondant icing left from doing the sides to match the top! Send me a photo Sacha and I'll print you one to put on ray's Christmas cake. Do you know (off topic admittedly) no one has yet been happy at eating the actual bit with a face on it? Well apart from my friend's husband who would rather eat the photograph with his wife's or his face than desecrate the Chelsea football club logo on the very top :) Janet -- Janet Tweedy Amazing what you learn from this group, never heard of edible ink and water paper, I thought that trying to put a cake through the printer would muck up both the cake and the printer But it could make food for the Xmas bumble bee. David |
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