tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post8425395584597606786..comments2023-12-22T15:36:34.148+00:00Comments on Hestia's Larder: Hestia has hives.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-13810461704158176092011-05-05T17:41:10.211+01:002011-05-05T17:41:10.211+01:00What a super post, and how fantastic to handle the...What a super post, and how fantastic to handle the bees yourself. I love the idea of keeping bees, especially knowing that generally bees are In Peril. I hope you get a hive - it will also be an super excuse to buy lots more bee-friendly plants!Mrs. Exeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228765866473642505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-3776761531757766962011-05-04T20:56:56.814+01:002011-05-04T20:56:56.814+01:00Dearest Ali, the picture you found is genius!
I l...Dearest Ali, the picture you found is genius!<br /><br />I love bees, it would be wonderful to keep them... and chickens.<br /><br />Ruth knows about chickens and Ms Moon at Bless Our Hearts is brilliant.<br /><br />Hope you're good, much love, C xx<br /><br />PS. Nail colour is Big Apple Red by OPIChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-66622093581966135932011-05-04T20:53:13.097+01:002011-05-04T20:53:13.097+01:00Wow, nope no bee experience here! (Or chicken expe...Wow, nope no bee experience here! (Or chicken experience either... though I did once hold one on a photoshoot if that counts?) I like the sound of having bees though... bet you'd get pretty protective if you did get your own though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-39339568402185419022011-05-04T17:31:25.761+01:002011-05-04T17:31:25.761+01:00Mrs Make Do - once you've got the gear on, you...Mrs Make Do - once you've got the gear on, you wouldn't be afraid. Deeply unstylish gear it has to be said!<br /><br />Legend - hopefully chooks this summer. Fingers crossed. all help welcome!<br /><br />Liz - will check out your friend's blog right away, thanks!<br /><br />Beth - you should have known better that it wasn't an allergic reaction lol!<br /><br />Ania - bee on your face?! I would have screamed the place down. Would you have been whipped by the nuns for that?<br /><br />Vix - have learned how to artificially swarm the bees. Not looking forward to having to do that though!<br /><br />TSB - you must tell me about the paranoid duck...sounds intriguing!<br />Australasia is the only place in the world free from Varroa mite at the moment!<br /><br />Alex - where do you work that you've got bees at work?!<br /><br />Sage - you'd better believe it, bees will be coming my way. Soon. *determined face*<br /><br />LM - have subscribed via RSS reader to the blog. Thanks!<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-54201446991910971402011-05-03T13:37:51.678+01:002011-05-03T13:37:51.678+01:00Oh good on you! So brave - I'd have been rubbi...Oh good on you! So brave - I'd have been rubbish!<br /><br />I laughed so much at your rear comment!!Make Do Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664054121622011335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-928550910981688832011-05-02T23:17:02.378+01:002011-05-02T23:17:02.378+01:00I've never tried bees, but like all things int...I've never tried bees, but like all things interesting, I wouldn't mind a try. Chickens however, I can be of help with.<br />Loved your post as usual.<br />xxWally Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992375461165449990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-30788227552722124042011-05-02T21:56:36.161+01:002011-05-02T21:56:36.161+01:00Hi Ali, I love your blog!! My best friend from se...Hi Ali, I love your blog!! My best friend from secondary school keeps bees and chickens, running her garden as a smallholding. This is her website/blog http://www.gruinard.org/ <br />We went to school across the water from you in Port Glasgow, but have both moved east to Ednburgh and West Lothian. It's a small world, one of my friends from college is the guidance teacher at the secondary school on IOB!lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032568909966008671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-40786302222877241302011-05-02T20:56:40.278+01:002011-05-02T20:56:40.278+01:00And here's me, coming across to your blog to e...And here's me, coming across to your blog to express my sympathy at your predicament! (I have hives at the mo - the itchy, lumpy, what-the-hell-am-I-allergic-to-NOW kind).<br /><br />This was a much calmer read and a pleasant distraction, so thank you!<br /><br />Do you follow Neil Gaiman on twitter? He's just been posting pictures of himself with bees in the last few days, although I don't think they're 'his' bees as such.Beth Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182084510733977382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-90283835762541565352011-05-02T19:55:03.121+01:002011-05-02T19:55:03.121+01:00We used to have bees at school - they lived at the...We used to have bees at school - they lived at the bottom of the orchards, near the chickens, but they roamed far and wide and the school buildings always had a bee or three buzzing around in summer :) <br />At the summer fete, you could always buy massive great jars of honey and it was really good :D<br />I remember a bee decided to take a walk on my face once in chapel - couldn't do anything except stand very still while praying it wouldn't decide to seek pollen up my nose.Aniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978191634506926045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-12633998443822631022011-05-02T19:53:23.220+01:002011-05-02T19:53:23.220+01:00How exciting for you, Ali!
A couple of our friend...How exciting for you, Ali! <br />A couple of our friends have been beekeeping for about a year. We were out with them last night and they were telling us how they'd swarmed whilst we were on holiday so now they have two hives. <br />I'd love chickens but I think we go on holiday too often and I don't think my 82 year old dad could cope in our absence. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-31011099338008382122011-05-02T19:21:08.841+01:002011-05-02T19:21:08.841+01:00Lovely post Ali, I've never thought about keep...Lovely post Ali, I've never thought about keeping bees, but you've written about them so nicely, you make it sound almost fun.<br />We used to keep 6 chooks (chickens in NZ) and a paranoid duck. Loved the really fresh eggs, didn't enjoy mucking out the hutch.<br /><br />Question; why are they bringing the bees to Bute?Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-26120602933204424222011-05-02T14:51:17.116+01:002011-05-02T14:51:17.116+01:00Ooh we have bees at work! Award winning bees! We...Ooh we have bees at work! Award winning bees! We only got them at the start of last year and their first crop of honey won prizes. <br /><br />I say this like I have anything to do with it - err, I've never actually been near the hive. Am a bit of a wuss and very impressed with your bravery at diving in amongst your bees. <br /><br />Make sure you tell them the news and gossip - it's meant to be lucky.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337968500120821387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-72095270521831694432011-05-02T14:04:16.343+01:002011-05-02T14:04:16.343+01:00Aww Ali!!
What an adventure, aren't bees gre...Aww Ali!! <br /><br />What an adventure, aren't bees great?<br />My one and only adventure with bees was when I was about 12 and we went to visit my best friends hive on the Yorkshire moors..well her Dad's really. Standing in that suit watching the bees is both scary and fascinating...I totally know where you are coming from.<br /><br />I'm sure if you're sensible (and use your feminine guile)that Tartarus will agree to a hive...tempt him with honey and an abundant garden, preservation of the planet and our food sources. After all, you have the contacts now, and being informed is half the battle won.<br /><br />Good luck honey ;) (ha...honey...geddit?)<br /><br />S xxSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09858892210196612375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-38245871342404033322011-05-02T14:01:12.587+01:002011-05-02T14:01:12.587+01:00Dave's dad keeps chickens, Is going to get bee...Dave's dad keeps chickens, Is going to get bees, and is aim at self-sufficiency.<br /><br />This is his blog<br /><br />http://ramblingthroughtheundergrowth.blogspot.com/Lisa-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135752484387782593noreply@blogger.com