A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short shopping trip and came back to find it covered with 12,000 bees.
Experts think a queen bee may have rested on Alice Gilmore's bike after escaping from a hive, and had then been followed by the entire swarm.
The bees were clustered under the bike's saddle and on the handlebars.
Alice and her mother Angela had to summon experts help from apiarists, who trapped the bees in a box and took them to another hive in Petersfield, Hampshire.
"I like nature and animals but I wasn't too keen on this," Alice told the Sun.
And every dog I pass on the Fiero seems to go berserk. Not just the German Shepherd guard dog behind a fence in the industrial area, but also the short-legged dopey looking fluffy one that was being walked.
Or maybe it's just the doggy way of saying "cool! I want one of those" :-)
A 12-year-old girl parked her bicycle to go on a short shopping trip and came back to find it covered with 12,000 bees.
Experts think a queen bee may have rested on Alice Gilmore's bike after escaping from a hive, and had then been followed by the entire swarm.
The bees were clustered under the bike's saddle and on the handlebars.
Alice and her mother Angela had to summon experts help from apiarists, who trapped the bees in a box and took them to another hive in Petersfield, Hampshire.
"I like nature and animals but I wasn't too keen on this," Alice told the Sun.
I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think I've spotted a gap in the market .... Dave.
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(t'other) Dave said:
I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) hhhmmm, think I've spotted a gap in the market ....
BEE Secure!
Genius!!
OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees around on a bicycle.
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> I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) > hhhmmm, think I've spotted a gap in the market ....
BEE Secure!
Genius!!
OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees around on a bicycle.
When my dad used to get called out to collect random people's bee swarms, I'm fairly sure he went out on the bike with a cardboard box attached to the rack at least once.
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I live in an area where anything left alone for more than 5 mins gets nicked..... I'll see what I can do...bit of honey and I should be away..trouble is I'll probably get a mixture of various insects, possibly some bees, certainly some wasps and maybe a few flies and less harmful wee beasties...I'll have a think ;-)
Won't work: I don't think I've seen a honey bee since living in Walsall. It really is [censored], isn't it?
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(t'other) Dave wrote:
> I bet no-one was tempted to nick it ;-) > hhhmmm, think I've spotted a gap in the market ....
BEE Secure!
Genius!!
OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees around on a bicycle.
Ho hum...
aahhh, victorian style over-engineering..... All that we really need to identify is how many bees, positioned where on the bike, would have the desired effect. I live in an area where anything left alone for more than 5 mins gets nicked..... I'll see what I can do...bit of honey and I should be away..trouble is I'll probably get a mixture of various insects, possibly some bees, certainly some wasps and maybe a few flies and less harmful wee beasties...I'll have a think ;-) Dave.
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I live in an area where anything left alone for more than 5 mins gets nicked..... I'll see what I can do...bit of honey and I should be away..trouble is I'll probably get a mixture of various insects, possibly some bees, certainly some wasps and maybe a few flies and less harmful wee beasties...I'll have a think ;-)
Won't work: I don't think I've seen a honey bee since living in Walsall.
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That'll be because of our new cat, sorry.... honey bees are the ones that are not as colourful or as big as the black / yellow striped beasties aren't they? It's our cats first spring / summer. He seems to think they make great playmates for some reason. We keep explaining to him about extinction possibilities if he carries on bringing them in to play with and are most surprised that he hasn't ended up with a stung mouth yet, as he carries them around in his mouth. Don't know where he's getting them from but there seems to be a plentiful supply, or at least there was :-(.......unfortunately I don't think it'd be agood idea putting a collar with a bell on for him like you should do if they get a taste for birds...don't think the bees recognise the bell as a warning...just hope he doesn't end up bringing a queen in 8-o Dave.
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OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees around on a bicycle.
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OK, so we have the idea and the brand name. To make Bee-Secure(TM) a reality, we just have to address the trivial matter of how to lug 12'000 (for this is the number) bees around on a bicycle.
You should just need to cart one single queen bee around and ensure you don't ride so fast the others can't keep up. You're *meant* to be fairly safe from stings when they're swarming round the queen in such a way, but it's not a chance I've ever taken. My Dad used to have about 5 hives for a good number of years. I was never stung by a single bee until after he'd sold all the hives.
Ever seen those pictures of people with "bee beards" etc? They are done by attaching a queen bee in a small container to your face - after removing your brain first :-]
