Spider wrote:
Nick is of the opinion that his dad flaps his arms about at them.

!That would do it, especially since the bees are on their own territory
and Nick's dad is not. They're just protecting themselves.

Well, tehcnically he is, cos they're in his garden.

On 10/05/2013 18:18, wrote:
wrote:
Nick is of the opinion that his dad flaps his arms about at them.

!That would do it, especially since the bees are on their own territory
and Nick's dad is not. They're just protecting themselves.

Well, tehcnically he is, cos they're in his garden.




Oh, sorry, I thought you said they were Nick's bees, so I supposed they
were in his garden. Sorry, Nick's dad!

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On 2013-05-10 18:28:16 +0100, Spider said:

On 10/05/2013 18:18, wrote:
wrote:
Nick is of the opinion that his dad flaps his arms about at them.

!That would do it, especially since the bees are on their own territory
and Nick's dad is not. They're just protecting themselves.

Well, tehcnically he is, cos they're in his garden.




Oh, sorry, I thought you said they were Nick's bees, so I supposed they
were in his garden. Sorry, Nick's dad!

If bees bump into something (like flapping arms, waving hair etc) I'm
told they may go back to take a look to see if it's threatening them
and therefore the colony. Best to be as still as possible!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 10/05/2013 22:21, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 11:52:13 +0100, wrote:

On 05/05/2013 23:05, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 05 May 2013 19:55:35 +0100, Spider wrote:

Well, yes, education would be the right way to go about it. I've tried
no end of times trying to suggest bees are generally harmless. I
usually get the "But they always sting me" type answer.

Do you then ask how many times they have *actually* been stung? More
often than not the answere to that direct question is "never" or "er I
think a couple of times". Their fear of being stung is not supported by
the facts...




With the possible exception of one gent who lives near me who has been
stung many times by bees and wasps. Although he is a budhist, he will
swat them as a last resort :~((. Mostly, though, you're quite right,
but people just don't want to learn.

One day it will be his turn to be a wasp




Indeed. I think he knows that, but he knows the fear more. Having once
been a screaming arachnophobe, I can entirely understand.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Spider wrote:
Nick is of the opinion that his dad flaps his arms about at them.

!That would do it, especially since the bees are on their own territory
and Nick's dad is not. They're just protecting themselves.

Well, tehcnically he is, cos they're in his garden.

Oh, sorry, I thought you said they were Nick's bees, so I supposed they
were in his garden. Sorry, Nick's dad!

Nick spreads his bees far and wide. :-)

Martin wrote:
Nick is of the opinion that his dad flaps his arms about at them.
Maybe the bees think he is a giant hostile queen?

That ... is not outside of the realms of possibility.

"Nick" wrote in message
...
A rather odd question perhaps.

My thanks to all for the very informed, sometimes amusing, replies.
I'm jolly glad to have read this thread.
Nick.

Obviously yet another Nick.

In article ,
Nick wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
...
A rather odd question perhaps.

My thanks to all for the very informed, sometimes amusing, replies.
I'm jolly glad to have read this thread.
Nick.

Obviously yet another Nick.

This group is definitely Nickelly.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , says...

In article ,
Nick wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
...
A rather odd question perhaps.

My thanks to all for the very informed, sometimes amusing, replies.
I'm jolly glad to have read this thread.
Nick.

Obviously yet another Nick.

This group is definitely Nickelly.

Better than knickerless.

Janet

On 2013-05-16 17:17:19 +0100, said:

In article ,
Nick wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message
...
A rather odd question perhaps.

My thanks to all for the very informed, sometimes amusing, replies.
I'm jolly glad to have read this thread.
Nick.

Obviously yet another Nick.

This group is definitely Nickelly.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Pure gold, surely?
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk