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So what have you done today..?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by figaro, Mar 17, 2012.

  1. When I retired I thought it would be a nice gentle hobby to keep a few bees at the top of our garden. I had some lessons and then realised what hard work it was and that bees don’t do what they are supposed to!

    It’s not a cheap hobby either. A hive is £200 plus about £200 for a suit and all the other bits and pieces you need and then you have to buy a nucleus of bees which is another £200.

    My bees in my first hive died during the first winter so I had to buy some more.
    I also got given some by another bee keeper who had too many.

    Last year I was able to extract 120 jars of honey (60lbs). If I sold it for about £20 a jar I might get my money back!

    It’s actually a fascinating hobby and I love sitting near the hives and watching the bees going to a fro, very relaxing.

    I have been stung in the past but bees swarming are just looking for somewhere to live and are usually pretty docile. Someone posted on the local Facebook that there was a swarm. I was wearing my bee suit and just knocked them into a box and then poured them into a temporary hive and left it for the flying bees to settle in there.

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  2. It's that time of year for me again, perhaps a little late but two bikes taxed this morning plus another vehicle on the for sale block.
     
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  3. What a fascinating thing to do, and very rewarding I’d imagine when it goes right.
    Good on you and good luck with the jars of honey.
     
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  4. @Twin4me do you post out honey
     
  5. Of course he does, darling :p
     
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  6. This morning I have put up a washing line in my garden, done some washing, and hung it out.

    Then I planted up a pot with some chilli seeds before doing some weeding and tidying up the edges of a border.

    Now having a cuppa before tackling some ironing then making lunch.....

    ......how domesticated am I? :p
     
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  7. Positivily a domestic goddess!
    Hows your toaster for crumbs and tumble dryer for fluff.
     
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  8. garden is looking fab :)
     
  9. Most of it I sell to friends and neighbours and last years has all gone. If I manage to collect any this year I can let you know @Ducbird
     
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  10. Fab :)
     
  11. Rustled up chocolate muffins
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  12. Made my head hurt by trying to work out the internal corner angles to cut for beading. After more than a couple of aborted attempts resorted to cutting a couple of templates to copy.

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  13. It’s alway a good idea to have some templates made up in advance, particularly for those that mess with the mind.
     
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  14. Doh! needless to say even with the templates I've already done one cut wrong... : unamused:
     
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  15. Practice, practice, practice
     
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  16. My crumb and fluff management is top notch :upyeah:
     
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  17. As I suspected!
    :)
     
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  18. Is tumble dryer the new word for belly button..........
     
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  19. 20240429_123407[1].jpg Clearly at a Stag Do last night and those famous JJ Cale lyrics comes to mind.......let it all hang out tonight.
     
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  20. Do you post out chocolate muffins... ;)
     
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