Topic: Shall we spray the bees to kill them?

[emmy1978]

A revolting way to treat wildlife, as Germaine Greer has pointed out. Yes I know she's pretty batty, but she does come out with lots of interesting points as well... :)

I adore her.  ;D

[emmy1978]

Sigh...never made it to the talk-I hope it was a success and informative for all. I'll be at the cream tea with bells on though!

[Squash64]

Emmy, looking forward to meeting you at the Plant Sale and Cream Tea on May 15th.

[shirlton]

We will definitely be there for that Betty, Look forward to meeting you Emmy

[markp2511]

How can you grow stuff and not know bees are good for plants?   ::)

Probably the best thing about our impoverished site is that one plot is taken by a bee keeper, so the place is full of them just at the right time.  I'm allergic to bee and wasp stings, but haven't been stung at the lottie yet...

[grannyjanny]

I have a friend whose mother is a "keen gardener". She had a bird table without food on it. That would encourage birds, & she doesn't want birds in her garden. She doesn't want frogs or insects either ::) ::) ::). She is also a fanatical cleaner round the house, perhaps that explains it :(.

[Robert_Brenchley]

A lot of people are really ignorant about wildlife, but I've never come across anyone on my site who's been anti-bee. Maybe I've been lucky.

[tomatoada]

Thanks  for posting the larvae info.  I never realised that's what they are.

Is May 15th your open day?  I must have missed when you posted it.

[Squash64]

Thanks  for posting the larvae info.  I never realised that's what they are.

Is May 15th your open day?  I must have missed when you posted it.

May 15th is our Plant Sale and Cream Tea in aid of Macmillan.  The Summer Fayre is on August 14th.
I will be posting reminders nearer the date.

[tomatoada]

I would like to visit both please.

[Squash64]

I would like to visit both please.

Brilliant!  I look forward to meeting you.  :)

[chriscross1966]

I'm really happy that my plot is only a couple down from "Emma the Beekeeper" on our site... if nothing else I seemed to have pretty solid pollination of things like beans and peas, plus the squash harvest can't be just down to my occasional attempts at manually doing it....

chrisc

[antipodes]

Funnily enough I have rarely seen real honey bees on my plot, but always lots of bumble bees (the big furry ones), which funnily enough don't bother me so much, I think because they are so easy to spot. I am absolutely terrified of bees! But even so i know how beneficial they are so I always plants flowers to encourage them, and sometimes let brassicas go to flower, they seem to attract lots of insects at the end of the season!!

[goodlife]

Oh don't bee ;D, you see bees only sting if they feel threaten, as if they do sting they die. Honey bee sting has tiny barbs which will stick into you skin and the whole botton will be ripped out of them.
Wasps stings are smooth and as they do not stick they are able to repeat the sting.
Many bee species do not have stings at all....note, often those found nesting under shed floors, so they are not bother...
Part from Honey bees, all others will be gone from they small nest by autumn anyway....so if you get some new neighbours (bees)tis summer leave them bee...if you do not bother them they do not bother you ;D