tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post9152750618617040442..comments2023-10-19T16:41:02.946+02:00Comments on mainly mongoose: Beedevilledmainly mongoose (Lynda)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-40318445742787533732013-08-29T15:59:21.400+02:002013-08-29T15:59:21.400+02:00Fantastic!Fantastic!Inahttp://besttreadmillforhomes.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-88415420539240429782013-08-26T11:48:05.227+02:002013-08-26T11:48:05.227+02:00I hope you’ve been able to tempt your bees away fr...I hope you’ve been able to tempt your bees away from your bird feeder. Although if I had to choose between sugar and flour, I know which one I’d go for!mainly mongoose (Lynda)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-51768710959357101642013-08-26T11:43:34.760+02:002013-08-26T11:43:34.760+02:00Thankfully my current bees are nowhere near as agg...Thankfully my current bees are nowhere near as aggro as our childhood ones (which I seem to recall hurtled into the whole kamikaze bit when merely brushed). Considering that they lived in the chimney (where it’s smoky) you’d think they’d have been calmer. Apparently smoke induces the little beasts to madly gorge themselves on honey (so they won’t lose their hard-won stores to the fire) and bloated bees find it tricky to sting (smoke also masks the ‘skitch-‘em’ pheromone emitted by angry peers). Still, folklore asserts that bees are highly responsive to human emotions so perhaps they were just tuning into all that ambient hostility and angst... mainly mongoose (Lynda)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-23816770900408334212013-08-26T11:42:08.290+02:002013-08-26T11:42:08.290+02:00Thankfully I’m pretty much in a state of buzz-less...Thankfully I’m pretty much in a state of buzz-less-ness now, although I put out a bowl of flour every now again (to placate the Great Bee deity). Thank you for the information about bees swarming to the light; intriguing and potentially invaluable one of these days. I think your aster word play is stellar and if Olivia’s astuteness leaves you feeling envious, it devastates me (that I could write a whole post without even stumbling upon it!).mainly mongoose (Lynda)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-13263654886730026172013-08-26T11:40:53.886+02:002013-08-26T11:40:53.886+02:00I’m afraid I still haven’t found an explanation fo...I’m afraid I still haven’t found an explanation for this perverse behaviour but some of the apiary websites suggest that pollard and soya flour are suitable ingredients for ‘bee-feed’ (used to sustain domestic hives over the winter). Maybe my bees originally swarmed from a professional hive and have retained a cultural tradition of flour-munching?mainly mongoose (Lynda)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-67490207485221721102013-08-09T10:20:23.193+02:002013-08-09T10:20:23.193+02:00Great post, as always. Very interesting about thei...Great post, as always. Very interesting about their attraction to flour. I've had my own issues with bees (see recent blog post) so I'm going to see if they can be lured away from the nectar feeder with some good old Self-Raising. Should give them a lift! Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488559051743146041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-12009053939740523462013-08-08T07:16:30.552+02:002013-08-08T07:16:30.552+02:00Lynda,
thank you for blogging again. It's lo...Lynda, <br />thank you for blogging again. It's lovely to read your adventures again, so well written. I find the very thought of so many bees in the house utterly creepy and admire your courage. I had quite forgotten about the bees on the hearth rug in front of the TV! Let us know when you discover the cause of the bees dietary quirk!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298006607674608942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-3331574984166328532013-08-06T17:10:07.876+02:002013-08-06T17:10:07.876+02:00As ever, I'm impressed by how intrepid you are...As ever, I'm impressed by how intrepid you are. And completely mystified re: the lure of flour (and envious I didn't think of the word play Olivia did). Especially in light of that lovely field of golden asters. (oh, wait, aster is from star, and I said light... does that count?? =) Maybe if I'd said a galaxy of asters... )<br /><br />In addition to some minor disapproval, I also suspect your dog finds you strangely powerful & surprising. Bee Whisperer.<br /><br />Years ago a friend's house was invaded by bees, and a bee expert arrived, saw what the species was, and said he'd be back at night. He returned, and went inside the house, turned off ALL the lights, then walked to where the infestation (nest building) was, turned ON a flashlight, and the bees were DRAWN to the beam of light, so he carefully LED THE BEES OUT of the house 'cause they FOLLOWED the beam of light. Problem solved. SO FREAKY!<br /><br />I love smart people. =)<br /><br />Hope the bees spurn your residence and leave you buzz-less.biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-9031751947980084882013-08-05T20:45:39.576+02:002013-08-05T20:45:39.576+02:00I love the alliterative description of bee positiv...I love the alliterative description of bee positivity!<br />How extremely bizarre that the bees should disdain flowers in favor of flours...<br />If you find out more to explain their sudden fascination with your dried goods, I hope you'll share the solution with us!Olivia V. Ambrogiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009379233200729384noreply@blogger.com