My parents have decided to take up bee-keeping.
They're going to a bee auction in Lincoln on Saturday. For some reason, I'm made very happy by the thought that there exists such a thing as a bee auction.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:10,
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I have a sudden urge to go to Lincoln now
and inflate the price of bees artificially by raising my hand at inopportune moments.
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thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:13,
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and do you pay per bee, or per 1000 bees, per hive?
The people must be told!
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DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:23,
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In my head, it's per bee.
So the auction takes ages as the auctioneer has to do each individually. What with viewing and so on, it gets very complicated.
In reality, I think they sell them per nucleus - that is, queen and retinue (or whatever you call the non-queens in a hive).
How my folks're going to get them from Lincoln back to Stoke is anyone's guess. And is getting bees like getting a cat, in that you have to keep them indoors for a couple of weeks so they don't run off?
Soooooo many questions.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:26,
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Then you train them to walk across your toast,
thereby saving a fortune on knives.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:35,
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haha! Dragons Den
now!
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:18,
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YES!
Patent this idea now!
1) Buy bees at auction
2) Butter bees
3) ???
4) PROFIT!
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https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Moving_Bees.pdf
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:15,
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Wasps are where the real money is these days. As everyone knows
bees make honey but wasps make jam.
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:42,
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I recognise this joke from somewhere,
though in the version I heard, I think that wasps made mustard.
But it's annoying me now, because I can't remember where I heard it.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:51,
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not heard the mustard one, although I am equally annoyed
as I can't remember where I heard the jam one.
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:07,
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Im covered in Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss
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jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Thu 31 Mar 2011, 4:14,
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'Time Wasters Letters' book
by Robin Cooper I think - Waspard.
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industrial_bunny, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:52,
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Aha.
My mistake.
Izzard was earwigs making chutney/spiders making gravy.
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Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 16:50,
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And wasps making fuck aaaalllll.
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sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Mon 15 Jan 2018, 14:05,
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Honey is bee vomit. True facts on the internet.
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:20,
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M'lady recently did a course on beekeeping.
Many of the idyllic dreamers on the course were disappointed to learn that you should have a high fence between your house and the hives if you have pets and children.
Because bees have quite a sluggish take-off, apparently they don't like exploring behind large obstacles as it means that, if threatened, they have that much more difficult an escape route.
This is third-hand information. Please don't grill me on it.
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Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:37,
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my parents kept bees
when we were all little. They had them for years in the garden and none of us kids ever got stung. Two weeks after they got rid of them I was stung for the first time ever. I squashed the stripey little git. I was sick of honey.
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SteamedCleaner, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 13:30,
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The neighbours will be delighted
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stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:43,
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Wasted pun opportunity.
*sigh*
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:23,
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Poor linesman with the yellow shirt
He must look like a pair of tits to those bees
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:24,
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I'm sure the ref really appreciated that guy putting a blue sheet over the top of him and trpping all the bees onto his head
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 10:30,
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Why
did they all lie down and surrender to their bee overlords?
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:40,
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