trapperman
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your avatar is sending me insain
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my dad had a jackdaw when he was a kid said it was a spot on bird well tame all the stories about it made me want one so when i was about 10 or 11 i went looking for one first thing i found was a rookery so i climbed right up a big f#ck off tree and got a fledgling out of the nest took it home and kept it in the shed for about a month it got really tame so i got a bit cocky and walked out one day with it on my shoulder....................... f#cker flew straight off and never came back
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more great photos john, i`m getting itchy feet now cant wait to get my nucleus should be ready in a week or so, i`ve also ordered a second hive for my b`day end of week and hope to get a swarm for that one. keep the pics comming there great
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Thats gonna hurt
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great photos john are you keeping them for yourself.
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he hasnt been shot hes just been to the joke shop and got one of those fake ones to get in the paper, something to tell his mates down the pier on a friday night
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Mccoys tai sweet chilli
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I have been thinking of trying one of these for a while (another string to my bow) but was supprised just now when i was looking at ordering one as they seem to have doubled in price i`m sure they were only £50 when they first got past for use here they now seem to be around the £100 mark, my first words when i saw this "F#CK ME" Why is this they will lose alot of sales i`m sure at that price, i`m thinking more than twice at that price .
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as stubby says you need to be trained to use aluminium phosphide and you need to show you have been trained in order to buy it ie a copy of your certificate with a written order saying what you are using it for aswell. so without training your uncle wont be able to get the stuff to do the job a training day for phosphine is only about £75 i did mine with essex environmental they run day courses quite often all over the country. but gassing is`nt cheap about £25/tub plus vat plus special delivery plus application equipment, i think some snarings in order much cheaper.
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if i found the body of some bird whilst out on a mooch about i might consider it, if she was still warm
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those pics were from last year, i have a broody sitting now for the first for this year, i had 22 chicks in the brood in the pics, all of them and another 20 adult hens were taken by a vixen with cubs about may/june during the day . she and the cubs were shot by my neighbering sheep farmer about a week later. so i start this year with only 6 hens 2 cocks, time to make up the numbers this year me thinks.
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Light sussex, for me
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will do mate, should be picking them up end of month ish, weather depending. i will try and take some pics when i put them in the hive
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Well i decided to order some bees i found a place not to far from me that was still taking orders for nucleuses so have sent off my deposit should be ready for collection around end of may, cant wait. i will take some pics when i get them
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two muslim woman shopping for clothes, one turns to the other and asks does my bomb look big in this
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Questions about applying for FAC.
trapperman replied to LordGamebore's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
i didnt give a letter of permission, i just gave the guys number and the feo called him. regarding an open cert from the start, i`m a pest controller and need an open cert but still wasnt given one, so good luck with that one -
I see, yea the bee escape is called a porter bee escape. It’s sort of a one way valve, lets the buggers back down under the crownboard, but they can’t get back up, apparently! If you don’t have a super on top of your brood box, which won’t be necessary straight away, you won’t need to have the queen excluder on. The reason for the excluder is to stop the queen from going into the super and laying eggs in there too! She needs to stay down the bottom, as your honey will be in the super. I haven’t seen a glass crownboard before, that’s why I thought it was part of the exclu
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I will try and put it somewhere out of sight, i was a little concerned about theft. The hole is in the crown board there is a plastic "bee escape" i think its called that fits in it which can be taken out when a feeder is above it to let the bees through, i went for a glass crown board i thought it may help when just doing a quick visual check of the bees. the queen excluder is slotted steel.
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This looks good. Did you get it flat pack? If you did,how much did it cost. Im interested in bee keeping myself,hopefully its not too expensive. Yes mate it came flat pack but you can pay them to assemble it for you but its not cheap. my total order was £285 that was the red ceder national hive, clear wood treatment, hive tool, smoker and fuel, feeder and some lure to try and attract a swarm. I did go for the gable roof as i like the look of this more than the flat type and a glass crown board to view through both were a little more £s than the standard. When i opened the
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Well it came today and i have started putting it togather, i have done the base the brood box the roof and 4 frames, its quite easy as its very well made and everything fits perfectly. i`m really enjoying doing this and am looking forward to finishing it.
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I just thought i would try this whilst waiting to get a swarm call, never know i might get lucky. i did look at buying a nuceus but looks like i missed the bus for this year and the ones i`ve seen have sold out also they seem expensive at around £150 worth it i`m sure but i`m just worried if i lose them because i do something wrong its wasted, but if i`m not lucky enough to get a swarm this summer then i will order some early ready for next year.
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does anyone know how good the pheramone(spelling) attractants are as i ordered a pack of 2 with my order, they are supposed to get swarms to come to an empty hive, i thought i would assemble the brood chamber and get it out there with the attractant and some honey and see if i get lucky just incase i dont get a call for a swarm, i have also been told that a little propolis can help to get them in with the smell? one local beekeeper told me that the scouts for a swarm looking for a new home will travel up to 3 miles so am hoping that this may work for me?
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Hey john you dont happen to have a few bees knocking around that you dont want do you
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cheers mate
