Nature hates cycles?

elyob said:

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.

Simonb said:

elyob said:

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 said:

What with the buzzard attack and now this ... ?

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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" <[email hidden]>

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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 said:

Simonb said:

elyob said:

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

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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.

I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think I've
spotted a gap in the market .... Dave.

(t'other) Dave said:

I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think I've
spotted a gap in the market ....

BEE Secure!

Simonb said:

elyob said:

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

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(t'other) Dave said:

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 said:

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(t'other) Dave said:

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...

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(t'other) Dave said:

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(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

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(t'other) Dave said:

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(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.

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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 [censored], isn't it?

A

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1.news.blueyonder.co.uk, (t'other) Dave <no-
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Quoted message said:

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

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really is [censored], 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.

JohnB said:

Gonzalez said:

Simonb said:

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.

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Shouln't this be "Nature Loves Cycles"? :-)

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:35:04 +0100, "Simonb"
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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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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 said:

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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.