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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