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Jimmy's Big Bee Rescue 8Pm Ch4 Tonight.
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Interesting if you are concerned about the decline our bee population. I like Jimmy Doherty as well so I shall watch.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
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Few bees this year? We have two large lavender bushes which have been heaving with both honey and bumble bees...in fact, they still have dozens on each as I write. And we put up a bee hotel last year and it was fascinating watching all the visitors checking-in.
10:01 Sun 30th Aug 2020
I'll add it to my list of things to watch on catch-up but I only ever seem to watch a small percentage of programmes that make it onto my list! (I've followed quite a bit of BBC ALBA's programming recently though, as I've found that a lot of their stuff is subtitled in English - so you don't need to understand Gaelic - and often more interesting than what's on mainstream channels).
I'm all for rescuing bees though, even though a swarm of them did once give me major problems when I ran a railway station!
I've got nothing against Jimmy Doherty except for the horrendous prices he charges for stuff at his farm just down the road from me. "A burger sir? Certainly. That will be £7.50 please. Oh, you'd like some salad in it too, would you? That comes to £10.00 then, please sir" - and that was about a decade ago!
I'm all for rescuing bees though, even though a swarm of them did once give me major problems when I ran a railway station!
I've got nothing against Jimmy Doherty except for the horrendous prices he charges for stuff at his farm just down the road from me. "A burger sir? Certainly. That will be £7.50 please. Oh, you'd like some salad in it too, would you? That comes to £10.00 then, please sir" - and that was about a decade ago!
I love bumble bees. Didn't know about this programme so I'll watch on catch up. At the moment there are two bumble bee nests in my back garden, both the common white tails. I wanted to put a few bee boxes in but Mrs Clarion is frightened of them, understandable for her as she was stung by one but I wonder if it was a honey bee rather than a bumble bee, as honey bees are more prone to sting. Ah well, thanks for the heads up on this Chris. I'll watch later.
I do hope you watch it Chris. All the different bees, the flowers, the children, it was lovely. It didn't tell me anything I wasn't already aware of but it showed the work he is doing with communities to fill every possible space with plants that attract bees. Oh and when you see a bee lying on the floor it is because it's exhausted as it now has to travel so far from one source of food to another. He advises it should be gently moved onto a suitable plant.
10cs perhaps just one bee house in the furthest corner of your garden would be OK with your wife? I was stung by one as a child, so painful, but I'm going to do what I've suggested you do.
10cs perhaps just one bee house in the furthest corner of your garden would be OK with your wife? I was stung by one as a child, so painful, but I'm going to do what I've suggested you do.
I didn't watch it lb. I often see these exhausted bees on the ground. I once revived one with some sugar water because it was in my garden, but how do I move one on to a suitable plant if I see it when out walking my dog for example. Does he say you can pick them up? I generally try to encourage them to go onto a leaf so I can pick them up, but they resist with all their might!
Margie he didn't say how as he was talking to a child and the child was telling him how he had saved this bee. I've done the same as you with sugar and water on a teaspoon. Then I got a glass and covered the bee and slid a piece of paper underneath and moved it to a flower. Of course you can't do that when out walking your dog. Perhaps room for a wee egg cup and a tissue in your doggy bag;-))
Jimmy went into a row of houses and asked the residents to give over a small piece of their gardens so as to form a bee corridor. And they did and put up a bee house.
Jimmy went into a row of houses and asked the residents to give over a small piece of their gardens so as to form a bee corridor. And they did and put up a bee house.
ladybirder...just a few weeks after putting it up....however we did re-locate it to a lower position on the fence as they weren't too interested at first. The only ones that I can identify were the leafcutters....they were crossing the garden, cutting bits off the rose bushes and returning fully laden. Quite entertaining!
I found it fascinating...some things I knew, a lot I didn't.
When walking in the park with a friend about 2 months ago, she shifted a sleepy bee by using a large leaf. I'd never seen that done before. Now I know that bees need to refuel at regular intervals. I don't have a garden, so the park and neighbours gardens are where I see them. As I walked through the park this morning, I cast my now critical eye over all the mowing that had been done the past week. :(
When walking in the park with a friend about 2 months ago, she shifted a sleepy bee by using a large leaf. I'd never seen that done before. Now I know that bees need to refuel at regular intervals. I don't have a garden, so the park and neighbours gardens are where I see them. As I walked through the park this morning, I cast my now critical eye over all the mowing that had been done the past week. :(
Well, originally towards the top (no interest), then moved down at about a metre high (say 3 and a half feet) - it faces South-Westish. I put it up in late Spring and wasn't expecting much to happen till much later in the year, but it was only a few weeks before we noticed interest. I suspect it may be "suck it and see" in your particular location.
(If you're buying one, make sure that it's not too "shallow" ie front to back....needs to be a decent depth, say 15cm at least.)
(If you're buying one, make sure that it's not too "shallow" ie front to back....needs to be a decent depth, say 15cm at least.)
Bee hotel info from . . .
The Woodland Trust
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The RSPB
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Friends of the Earth
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and for sale on Amazon
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The Woodland Trust
https:/
The RSPB
https:/
Friends of the Earth
https:/
and for sale on Amazon
https:/
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