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What with the buzzard attack and now this ... ?
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Bicycle proves attractive to bees
A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
12,000 bees.
Experts think a queen bee may have rested on Alice Gilmore's
bike after escaping from a hive, and had then been followed
by the entire swarm.
The bees were clustered under the bike's saddle and on the
handlebars.
Alice and her mother Angela had to summon experts help from
apiarists, who trapped the bees in a box and took them to
another hive in Petersfield, Hampshire.
"I like nature and animals but I wasn't too keen on this,"
Alice told the Sun.
elyob wrote:
> A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
> shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
> 12,000 bees.
Someone actually counted them? How'd they do that? They all
look the same to
me.
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:27:30 +0100, "Simonb"
<sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote:
>elyob wrote:
>
>> A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
>> shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
>> 12,000 bees.
>
>Someone actually counted them? How'd they do that? They all
>look the same to
>me.
If I understand The Sun's style of reporting correctly, it's
an upper scale estimate.
"elyob" <newsprofile@hotmali.com> writes:
>What with the buzzard attack and now this ... ?
> Bicycle proves attractive to bees
And every dog I pass on the Fiero seems to go berserk. Not
just the German Shepherd guard dog behind a fence in the
industrial area, but also the short-legged dopey looking
fluffy one that was being walked.
Or maybe it's just the doggy way of saying "cool! I want one
of those" :-)
Roos
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:59:18 GMT, "elyob" <newsprofile@hotmali.com>
wrote:
>
>A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
>shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
>12,000 bees.
>
>Experts think a queen bee may have rested on Alice
>Gilmore's bike after escaping from a hive, and had then
>been followed by the entire swarm.
Better security than a lock, I suppose.
--
Cheers,
Al
Gonzalez wrote:
>
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:27:30 +0100, "Simonb"
> <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >elyob wrote:
> >
> >> A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
> >> shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
> >> 12,000 bees.
> >
> >Someone actually counted them? How'd they do that? They
> >all look the same to
> >me.
>
> If I understand The Sun's style of reporting correctly,
> it's an upper scale estimate.
So it was two.
John B
"elyob" <newsprofile@hotmali.com> wrote in message
news:aoIyc.2668$Gx2.24326272@news-text.cableinet.net...
> What with the buzzard attack and now this ... ?
>
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_985792.html?menu=new-
> s.quirkies
>
> Bicycle proves attractive to bees
>
> A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
> shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
> 12,000 bees.
>
> Experts think a queen bee may have rested on Alice
> Gilmore's bike after escaping from a hive, and had then
> been followed by the entire swarm.
>
> The bees were clustered under the bike's saddle and on the
> handlebars.
>
> Alice and her mother Angela had to summon experts help
> from apiarists, who trapped the bees in a box and took
> them to another hive in Petersfield, Hampshire.
>
> "I like nature and animals but I wasn't too keen on this,"
> Alice told the Sun.
>
>
I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think I've
spotted a gap in the market .... Dave.
(t'other) Dave wrote:
> I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think I've
> spotted a gap in the market ....
BEE Secure!
Simonb wrote:
> elyob wrote:
>
>
>>A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
>>shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
>>12,000 bees.
>
>
> Someone actually counted them? How'd they do that? They
> all look the same to
> me.
Easy. just count the legs and divide by...um...
James
"Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40cb74bf$0$58816$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> (t'other) Dave wrote:
>
> > I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think
> > I've spotted a gap in the market ....
>
> BEE Secure!
>
>
Genius!!
(t'other) Dave wrote:
> "Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk>
> wrote in message
> news:40cb74bf$0$58816$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
>> (t'other) Dave wrote:
>>
>>> I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think
>>> I've spotted a gap in the market ....
>>
>> BEE Secure!
>>
>>
> Genius!!
OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-
Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial
matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees
around on a bicycle.
Ho hum...
In news:40cb8518$0$58819$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk,
Simonb <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> typed:
> (t'other) Dave wrote:
>> "Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk>
>> wrote in message
>> news:40cb74bf$0$58816$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
>>> (t'other) Dave wrote:
>>>
>>>> I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think
>>>> I've spotted a gap in the market ....
>>>
>>> BEE Secure!
>>>
>>>
>> Genius!!
>
> OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-
> Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial
> matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees
> around on a bicycle.
>
When my dad used to get called out to collect random
people's bee swarms, I'm fairly sure he went out on the bike
with a cardboard box attached to the rack at least once.
A
"Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40cb8518$0$58819$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> (t'other) Dave wrote:
> > "Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk>
> > wrote in message
> > news:40cb74bf$0$58816$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> >> (t'other) Dave wrote:
> >>
> >>> I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think
> >>> I've spotted a gap in the market ....
> >>
> >> BEE Secure!
> >>
> >>
> > Genius!!
>
> OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-
> Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial
> matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees
> around on a bicycle.
>
> Ho hum...
>
>
aahhh, victorian style over-engineering..... All that we
really need to identify is how many bees, positioned where
on the bike, would have the desired effect. I live in an
area where anything left alone for more than 5 mins gets
nicked..... I'll see what I can do...bit of honey and I
should be away..trouble is I'll probably get a mixture of
various insects, possibly some bees, certainly some wasps
and maybe a few flies and less harmful wee beasties...I'll
have a think ;-) Dave.
In news:bcMyc.87887$wd7.11411@front-1.news.blueyonder.co.uk,
(t'other) Dave <no-one@nowhere.org> typed:
> I live in an area where anything left alone for more than
> 5 mins gets nicked..... I'll see what I can do...bit of
> honey and I should be away..trouble is I'll probably get a
> mixture of various insects, possibly some bees, certainly
> some wasps and maybe a few flies and less harmful wee
> beasties...I'll have a think ;-)
Won't work: I don't think I've seen a honey bee since living
in Walsall. It really is crap, isn't it?
A
"Ambrose Nankivell" <$FirstnameInitialofSurname$@onetel.net.uk> wrote in
message news:2j1hh3Frt36eU1@uni-berlin.de...
> In news:bcMyc.87887$wd7.11411@front-
> 1.news.blueyonder.co.uk, (t'other) Dave <no-
> one@nowhere.org> typed:
> > I live in an area where anything left alone for more
> > than 5 mins gets nicked..... I'll see what I can
> > do...bit of honey and I should be away..trouble is I'll
> > probably get a mixture of various insects, possibly some
> > bees, certainly some wasps and maybe a few flies and
> > less harmful wee beasties...I'll have a think ;-)
>
> Won't work: I don't think I've seen a honey bee since
> living in Walsall.
It
> really is crap, isn't it?
>
> A
>
>
That'll be because of our new cat, sorry.... honey bees are
the ones that are not as colourful or as big as the black /
yellow striped beasties aren't they? It's our cats first
spring / summer. He seems to think they make great playmates
for some reason. We keep explaining to him about extinction
possibilities if he carries on bringing them in to play with
and are most surprised that he hasn't ended up with a stung
mouth yet, as he carries them around in his mouth. Don't
know where he's getting them from but there seems to be a
plentiful supply, or at least there was :-
(.......unfortunately I don't think it'd be agood idea
putting a collar with a bell on for him like you should do
if they get a taste for birds...don't think the bees
recognise the bell as a warning...just hope he doesn't end
up bringing a queen in 8-o Dave.
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:08:22 +0100, JohnB <nospam@here.com> wrote:
>Gonzalez wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:27:30 +0100, "Simonb"
>> <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >elyob wrote:
>> >
>> >> A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
>> >> shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
>> >> 12,000 bees.
>> >
>> >Someone actually counted them? How'd they do that? They
>> >all look the same to
>> >me.
>>
>> If I understand The Sun's style of reporting correctly,
>> it's an upper scale estimate.
>
>So it was two.
Shall we say at least one - including the Queen.
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_985792.html?menu=news.quirkies
>
> Bicycle proves attractive to bees
Shouln't this be "Nature Loves Cycles"? :-)
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:35:04 +0100, "Simonb"
<sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote in message
<40cb8518$0$58819$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>:
>OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-
>Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial
>matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees
>around on a bicycle.
Step forward the BikeHive[tm].
Guy
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"Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote in
news:40cb8518$0$58819$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk:
> OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-
> Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial
> matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees
> around on a bicycle.
>
You should just need to cart one single queen bee around and
ensure you don't ride so fast the others can't keep up.
You're *meant* to be fairly safe from stings when they're
swarming round the queen in such a way, but it's not a
chance I've ever taken. My Dad used to have about 5 hives
for a good number of years. I was never stung by a single
bee until after he'd sold all the hives.
Ever seen those pictures of people with "bee beards" etc?
They are done by attaching a queen bee in a small container
to your face - after removing your brain first :-]
Graeme
elyob wrote:
> What with the buzzard attack and now this ... ?
>
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_985792.html?menu=new-
> s.quirkies
>
> Bicycle proves attractive to bees
>
> A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short
> shopping trip and came back to find it covered with
> 12,000 bees.
Bet it was yellow.
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