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On Sunday 14th Feb at 11:00 we will be having a 'Bees on Allotments' talk given by Dr. Adam Bates of B'ham uni and Jim from the Sutton Beekeepers group. After the talk they will answer questions

Birmingham City Council has changed the rules and will now allow bees to be kept on allotments.

If you are close enough to come you would be more than welcome.

hope you ain't having a 'birds and the bees' day, what with it being valentines??  ;)  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I'd love to come down Squash-I'll be there if I can-I'm looking after my baby nephew that weekend but you never know-I might just make it...fingers crossed.

I wish I could, but it's too far. We have recently changed our rules and constitution to allow beekeeping (under certain conditions) but it would be good to be better informed about it. Mind you I could probably organise something similar here. Hope it is a good meeting.

Pity it's Valentine's Day, our favourite Vietnamese restaurant always does a special meal so I can't get out of it!

So after ten years my bees really are legal!

Quote from: tonybloke on February 02, 2010, 20:56:50
hope you ain't having a 'birds and the bees' day, what with it being valentines??  ;)  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I could have invited the RSPB to give a talk too... :)

Quote from: emmy1978 on February 02, 2010, 23:46:15
I'd love to come down Squash-I'll be there if I can-I'm looking after my baby nephew that weekend but you never know-I might just make it...fingers crossed.

It would be lovely to see you if you can come Emmy.

Quote from: grawrc on February 03, 2010, 07:44:12
I wish I could, but it's too far. We have recently changed our rules and constitution to allow beekeeping (under certain conditions) but it would be good to be better informed about it. Mind you I could probably organise something similar here. Hope it is a good meeting.

Thanks grawrc.  We have a fenced-off area that we think would be suitable. We are hoping that someone from the beekeepers group will put up and care for a hive there. I'll let you know how it goes.

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on February 04, 2010, 21:55:38
Pity it's Valentine's Day, our favourite Vietnamese restaurant always does a special meal so I can't get out of it!

So after ten years my bees really are legal!

Robert, it never occurred to me that it was Valentine's Day when I arranged it, I suppose I'm not very romantic.  :)
Shame you can't come, we could have learned a lot from you.  Never mind, maybe another time?

Sounds very interesting I have something on that weekend (not romantic) so I will see if I can change it round.  I have to go to Evesham so perhaps I can combine the two. 

QuotePity it's Valentine's Day, our favourite Vietnamese restaurant always does a special meal so I can't get out of it!

The meeting is at 11 in the morning. 

There has been talk of getting some bees for our allotments.

Quote from: Squash64 on February 05, 2010, 05:47:36

Robert, it never occurred to me that it was Valentine's Day when I arranged it, I suppose I'm not very romantic.  :)
Shame you can't come, we could have learned a lot from you.  Never mind, maybe another time?

I'm sure we'll get there!

We'd have loved to come Betty but we are babysitting for our friends in Pudsey so they can have a "Spa" day...  :-*

Quote from: saddad on February 07, 2010, 18:32:19
We'd have loved to come Betty but we are babysitting for our friends in Pudsey so they can have a "Spa" day...  :-*

That's a shame, but maybe see you at the Plant Sale & Cream Tea, or Summer Fayre?
(enjoy your babysitting!)

You just never know Betty we might be there. All according how Tone is. Hope it all goes well for you on the day anyway :)

I'd forgotten it was Valentines too! Don't really do Valentines so s'pose that's why.  ;D

Quote from: shirlton on February 08, 2010, 09:08:42
You just never know Betty we might be there. All according how Tone is. Hope it all goes well for you on the day anyway :)

It would be great if you could come Shirl.  How is Tone now?

We had our 'Bees on Allotments' meeting this morning. I thought maybe 20 people would come, but there were at least 60!

Dr Adam Bates gave us a fascinating talk about bees and their habitat and Jim from the Sutton Beekeepers answered questions. 

Everyone seemed to enjoy it and we had lots of lovely comments afterwards.

I am so pleased that it all went well for you Betty. Sorry we didn't make it but Tones not quite up to sitting on anything other that the throne that the hospital provided. Lets hope that you have another bee day in the future and we will be there

Whoops-replied to this on the other bee thread Betty! Really wanted to make it today-so glad you had such a great turn out.  ;D

Thanks Shirl and Emmy  :)

I think we will have another bee day in the future, people were buzzin about this one (sorry!)