Swarm of Bees!

[Brendan]

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.

[louisiana]

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.

>

> 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 :)

[Moos]

Banner for local rag last Friday reads "Swarm of Bees Terrify Local Shoppers".

Am infuriated out of all proportion and stalk by the newsagent muttering Singular! Singular!

[PeckhamRose]

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!

[Only me!]

It's gone National!

Well nearly, the "Swarm of Bees Terrify Shoppers" Billboard has...

although the associated preamble is miles off...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8024511.stm

[Moos]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

And to think someone thought - I know, I'm good at English, I'll be a journalist. Shame and more shame to that person.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[ianr]

Only me! Wrote:

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> "Swarm of Bees Terrify Shoppers"

The SLP's use of the plural verb is interesting. I wonder if they want each bee to face up to its own individual responsibility.

[Only me!]

It's OK.

They have turned up safe & sound in Madrid.

Mucked up the Tennis for a while, but no harm done.

Swarm of bees lands on No 1 court.

We should be getting our postcard soon.

[PeckhamRose]

Wow! And it's photo 13.