Spruce's honey bees

that's amazing Lolimac - what a find.

 

I've covered it in hair spray to try to preserve it i'm going to keep putting more layers on it tried spray varnish but the spray was too powerfull and it was starting to disintegrate.....we get them every year but was determined to save this one before it got destroyed......

 

Well done Lolimac hope it works well using the hairspray - reminds me of the 'Beehive' hairstyle, I think you may be creating the 'wasps nest' hairstyle!

 

maybe spray this year's creation with gold to include in a Christmas table decoration?
Jenny

 

If you hang it up, you won't get more Wasps building a nest near it this year. They won't build near another colony.

Bit like you wouldn't build a Death Star in orbit around a planet thats already got one.

 

I want to put it in my 'den'...my summerhouse...thats where i i like to put things special to me...bit like a big memory box....that's where i live in the summer

 

Bit like my old fishing porch then



complete with bait fridge.

 

When i've been fishing i've used sweet corn or bananna...i'll give the Stella go

 

Or a beehive

 

Wish I'd taken photo's of the wasps nests that was in my loft when we moved here 2 years ago: they were mahoosive!!!

The guy who came to "cleanse" the area was (rightly) impressed; he spoiled it by saying: "Yeah, and people wonder what happens to their fence panels !"
Give us a *bit* of mystery, won'tcha?" (Spoil sport!)

 

WASP SLAYER!!!

 

*Update* Sat 26 Jan 2013

Been up to check on both of the hives had to wait for the snow to melt to get up the lane's, ditch on one side so you do have to be careful not the widest Lane I have driven up.
Both had bees flying outside only a few which is a good sign collecting water to mix with the honey and hopefully a cleansing flight aka toilet , "hefted" still feel heavy enough with stores, but I will check weekly/fortnightly just to make sure.

So despite all this bad weather still looking good , I will start a tidy up of the Apiary site very soon and prepare the soil along the stream ready for planting up with various marginal plants.

Roll on the spring

Spruce