Earlier this week a lot of news sites covered swarms in the cities and it was even picked up by Radio 2. Here are some of the headlines.
“Middle class urban beekeepers blamed for town centre swarms. Expert says new beekeepers don't know how to manage hives effectively, causing more swarms in cities”
“Yes, bad beekeeping is to blame for unwanted urban swarms”
“Urban beekeepers behind rise in city bee swarming “ there’s a nice clip at the end of this link. http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-13/u...-bee-swarming/
The Jeremy Vine show “Menace of Amateur Beekeepers” and he also called them “amateur hipsters”
Before we all head to our bunkers (or bait hives) it is swarming season and it was a slow news week. The usual guff was spouted by the newspapers but I do think there is some truth in the matter. While I’m hoping all the trendy’s will get bored and move on Monty Don has just gone and encouraged the next lot of bee huggers to start off with top bar hives. Things started nicely with bee friendly plants but when he moved on to top bar hives I thought” Monty how could you do that. You don’t know half the trouble you’ll be causing!” It’s time to head back to the bunker. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...015-episode-10 12:40