Comments on: Help us save the busy bees…

By: Freda

Freda — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:59:07 +0000

Hope this goes well today, we too try to encourage bees to the garden. I get passionate about people swatting them and keep telling them that bees do not sting as a rule, it’s wasps and hornets that do that but some people will not listen.

I look forward to hearing how this goes and to seeing this honey available to buy, I love honey.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:38:58 +0000

Again you may already have this link – Sign their campaign.
http://www.soilassociation.org/News/NewsItem/tabid/91/smid/463/ArticleID/76/reftab/57/Default.aspx

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:36:48 +0000

Haven’t had time read any of the above tut tut so this info may be already there:- Living Earth issue 240 summer 2010 talks about neonicotinoid pesticides in domestic garden products and tables a selection commonly used and this being probable cause – check your products you might not know you are using this pesticide.

By: Rachell

Rachell — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:40:25 +0000

Would love to have come, but it’s a bit far for us, however everybody can still do their bit at home ,making sure that their gardens are full of wild flowers and beneficial herbs/flowers, my garden is also dedicated to wildlife, bees are fantastic!!!!

By: Busy bees in my garden

Busy bees in my garden — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:39:04 +0000

Oh it sounds like a great event, but it’s just a bit too far for me to get to, what with beeing in the North of England. But I do have an underground nest of bees in my garden but don’t know what I should be doing (if anything) about them. Any suggestions?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:33:05 +0000

Bit far to travel from Bristol, so thought I would share our good news. At 11 am Wednesday 12th May this year, a swarm of honey bees arrived in our small city garden to take up residence again in an old composting barrel. A swarm of bees originally took up residence in this barrel 3 years ago, but disappeared during last winter, so we were absolutely delighted when the bees returned. We extracted some of the honey during the winter, and the bees are feeding off the rest of it. The City Council is aware of their existence. I am sure your event will be successful and inspiring.

By: Bronac M. Holden

Bronac M. Holden — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:34:56 +0000

Alas! At 88yrs.too old to travel to Bee Day. In our garden we keep lots of wild flowers and single flowers plus buddelias and others frequented by bees. Plenty of bumble but I saw one honey bee yesterday.I admire all your efforts towards organic and free trade produce.

By: james

james — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:54:09 +0000

This is great, well done Abel&Cole, I look forward to the evening and look forward to meeting up with other beekeepers (especially other beginners!)

James
http://www.surreybeekeeper.co.uk

By: D Sutcliffe

D Sutcliffe — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:08:13 +0000

Sorry you have changed your soup supplier. We were looking forward to the Beetroot one
again. We’ll try them but tinned soup is usually too salty.

By: Abel & Cole

Abel & Cole — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:17:19 +0000

Hello Caroline…We’re very sorry to hear you feel this way. We had researched what people would deem acceptable, and thought this was a fair price given that all drinks and canapés are included, along with the evening’s activities, and a donation to the West Wales Bee Breeding Program. Also, Abel & Cole are subsidizing this event heavily because we are passionate about raising awareness about bees. We’re very sorry that you feel the ticket price is excessive and hope that you can join us at another event in the future.