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BarnBrian Replies: 2 Views: 7235 |
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As lots of you will be aware, Lancashire, where I live, is under threat of Fracking. If it goes ahead here it will open the gates for it to be done all over the country.
We have a group "Frack ... |
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BarnBrian Replies: 5 Views: 11477 |
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I was only planning waterproofing the last layer. My thought behind using papier mache rather than timber was to achieve a random shape on the inside. | |
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BarnBrian Replies: 5 Views: 11477 |
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Ok, it might be a crazy idea.
I'm toying with making a papier mache hive roughly replicating a hollow tree hive. My thoughts are to build up layers of papier mache and layers of chicken wire to form ... |
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BarnBrian Replies: 134 Views: 308390 |
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I've been keeping bees for six years in Warre hives. I've never treated or fed them and not taken honey for three years and have not opened the hives. I'm surrounded on all sides by arable farms, rota ... | |
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BarnBrian Replies: 13 Views: 15121 |
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I have never sealed the insides of any of my Warre hives. The bees do a good job of it themselves with propolis. I think they get it from "Bee and Q" | |
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Conserving wild beesResearch suggests that bumble bee boxes have a very low success rate in actually attracting bees into them. We find that if you create an environment where first of all you can attract mice inside, such as a pile of stones, a drystone wall, paving slabs with intentionally made cavities underneath, this will increase the success rate. Most bumble bee species need a dry space about the size a football, with a narrow entrance tunnel approximately 2cm in diameter and 20 cm long. Most species nest underground along the base of a linear feature such as a hedge or wall. Sites need to be sheltered and out of direct sunlight. There is a spectacular display of wild bee hotels here More about bumblebees and solitary bees here Information about the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
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