Plan Bee - What's their real story?

[HJBee]

Any of you had experience of this lot? I am perturbed that after a few tweets following their recent placing of bees on Glasgows City Chambers roof they blocked me. My tweets were polite & basic, where were the bees sourced from, what was the treatment plan and had they contacted any local associations to inform them before their installation. The answers I got were very short and not informative apart from the queens were English, the bees Scottish and were varroa free (an unlikely claim unless they come from an island off the West coast). What do you make of this behaviour, they do seem happy to talk basics with non Beekeepers all day long! HJ

[crabbitdave]

All their interested in is profit, which is not illegal but ethically wrong in my opinion, and there's more than plan b doing the same approach.
The down side is all beekeepers get tarred with the same brush


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[nemphlar]

Just had a look you can sponsor a drone for a pound, nobody ever got poor underestimating the public hilarious

[busybeephilip]

Anyone like to sponsor my drones, 50p will do for each and that should buy my sugar

[gavin]

Aha! HJ turns investigative campaigner, I like it!

All their interested in is profit, which is not illegal but ethnically wrong in my opinion .....

Now, now, let's not get xenophobic especially on this day of all days. (gratuitous but inoffensive personal stuff which, on reflection, I've decided to remove)

I thought that I'd heard they started with imported stocks (may be getting inspected any day now to see if they have SHB in there ...) but by now they could have lost and replaced many of their stocks.

[crabbitdave]

Ethically wrong I meant predictive text I should have proof read the reply


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[gavin]

Gave me a chance for a wee joke, for which I'm most grateful

[Castor]

So Scots drones are expecting sponsorship from south of the border eh?


Hmmmmmmmm......

[Castor]

And the Irish are at it as well!!

I'm not sponsoring Scottish *or* Irish drones....... plenty of English drones need sponsoring right here...

[gavin]

Naughty!