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bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> Petunias eh Brendan. Why not go the full mile and

> have middle class tatoo'd on your forehead, then

> have c@nt branded into your chin.


Being middleclass I do not, nor do I ever plan to possess anything as vulgar as a tattoo or a chin.

Brendan Wrote:

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> Yeah I know but there are legal ways of defining

> who a cow belongs to and where it may graze etc.

> So what happens when bees swarm? Do they belong to

> the keeper from whose hive they originated?


As mentioned in a previous post, they remain the legal property of that beekeeper for as long as that beekeeper remains in pursuit. Once he loses them, it's finders keepers.



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> Also what am I going to do about the freeloading

> bees on my petunias? A mate of mine who lives in

> the countryside charges the local farmer for

> letting his cows graze on his field. Surely I

> should charge the bee keeper for letting his bees

> graze in my garden?


It tends to be the other way around :): beekeepers can charge landowners for putting hives on their land at certain times of year in order to pollinate their crops (e.g. the almond trees in California).


I suppose you could try what TfL do: build barriers and try to charge those going through them :)

On Saturday on Peckham Rye Park was the Southwark in Bloom thingy, which including info about that subject but also there was a bee keeper. He's running some bee keeping courses! They're free! I'm gonna get me on one then we can learn and grow and be more aware. God I love living in London for all the useful things you can learn about all sorts of different subjects. I even saw someone I had never met before but sort of worked out they were an EDFer. And I was right. LegalEaglish, it was absolutely lovely to meet you!
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