Dear Louanne
Delighted
Will advise once we have a swarm. Precisely where are you please as you may
want to help catch them, if you want the practise.
E
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Dear Eric & Jane
May I join this conversation. We live close to Waterperry and often go there.
We still do not have any bees for our skep. If the Waterperry swarms start
happening, it would be wonderful to receive one. We have plenty of apple, plum
and damson trees.
I am impressed with the photos and your Mum’s Neapolitan cockroach words!
Louanne
On 22 Jun 2020, at 12:23, Eric Asher
<eric.asher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:eric.asher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Dear Jane
These are under Gareth's care at Waterperry , where I function as unofficial
swarm catcher.
The inspection to reveal the inside of the hive was only to demonstrate the
Waterperry hives to Primrose, their head bee person.
Sadly they are not mine. What I am doing is the hyperinsulated National Hive
transformations: rather less expensive but arguable beautiful in their own way.
But then, as my late mother used to say (giving me a meaningful look): "every
cockroach is lovely to its Mummy". (Sounds better in Neapolitan!)
I think they have been there 3 years. The hive is quite full and a real swarm
engine!
It lies on a Ley Line intersection and one of the Ley Lines runs to a nearby
small apple tree where the swarms invariably land. This makes catching them
rather easy.
Your girls look lovely!
Cheers,
E
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Subject: [oxnatbees] Re: Waterperry Freedom hive, looking up, floor removed
Hi Eric,
Great to see inside another freedom hive! This is a photo from ours after a
month, how long has yours been populated? I am amazed by how they build such
beautiful comb with no advice or help from us 😉. It is tricky to see the depth,
but they have built 8 combs about a foot in depth in ours in a month. Good
going but we did have a wonderful May!
Love this hive as I can see the bees flying towards it from my bed. A lovely
way to wake up and spend 5 minutes watching them before the business of life!
They are also very calm bees and are active later into the evening than my
other hives, they catch the late sun!
Cheers,
Jane
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On 22 Jun 2020, at 11:53, Eric Asher
<eric.asher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:eric.asher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Note calm, busy quiet bees.
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