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BridgetB
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 Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:15 am Post subject: A Bit of a Do |
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| I have been invited to do a talk/workshop on Top Bar Hives at the A Bit of a Do bee conference in Truro, September 10th! Things are moving in an interesting direction! I am nervous! It started with a presentation I did with the West Cornwall BKA which went down well. It helped that I had an empty TBH to take but it has bees in it now! Perhaps I shall just have to build another hive!? |
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trekmate
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Location: UK, North Yorkshire, Bentham
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I keep a hive for just that. I'm often tempted to put bees in but resist.
Relax and enjoy the experience. If you've been invited they want to hear what you say. |
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ingo50
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| Well done Bridget for flying the TBH flag, you could always build a smaller version that would only hold 1 colony, or make a scaled down model. |
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BridgetB
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Yes you are right. I have bait hives made to the same spec. Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
When I joined the local BKA I had to put up with quite a lot of nasty comments - so this is a big change! |
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