The Retirement Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Blimey. I planted a so called self fertilising Kiwi plant about 29 years ago. Its never produced anything up until now, but suddenly there are 3 tiny Kiwi fruit growing

Takes a while for the roots to reach New Zealand

hope this helps

 

[Dave7]

No offence taken! 🙂

I just dislike what they do to bees. I know nature is cruel but they are horrible. Our bees are very precious and there are a lot less of them than wasps.

I don't usially get bothered by wasps and generally don't kill them but I don't want them in/on the house as they can cause a fair amount of damage.

🐝🔫

Going back a few years Sue and I were sat in the garden, just having a chat when a wasp landed on her arm, stung her twice then flew off !!!
Never heard of a bee doing that.

 

[Mike Ayling]

Going back a few years Sue and I were sat in the garden, just having a chat when a wasp landed on her arm, stung her twice then flew off !!!
Never heard of a bee doing that.

No, a bee would only sting once!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Going back a few years Sue and I were sat in the garden, just having a chat when a wasp landed on her arm, stung her twice then flew off !!!
Never heard of a bee doing that.

Yes, wasps are far more aggressive than bees.

3 unprovoked wasp stings vs 0 bee stings for me, to date.

Limited sample admittedly!

 

[Webbo2]

Going back a few years Sue and I were sat in the garden, just having a chat when a wasp landed on her arm, stung her twice then flew off !!!
Never heard of a bee doing that.

Don’t the majority of bees leave the sting behind then die. So they would be unable to sting you twice. I was had a wasp get in my cycling helmet and it stung me 4 or 5 times.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Going back a few years Sue and I were sat in the garden, just having a chat when a wasp landed on her arm, stung her twice then flew off !!!
Never heard of a bee doing that.

Bees generally can;t - apparently when they sting the sting remains in the would and keeps pumping stingy stuff in - it is banned
the bee dies but it is better for the many and all that

wasps have a straight sting that can be used many times

or so I was told

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Bees generally can;t - apparently when they sting the sting remains in the would and keeps pumping stingy stuff in - it is banned
the bee dies but it is better for the many and all that

wasps have a straight sting that can be used many times

or so I was told

We need a Bees vs Wasps thread. 😁

 

[Mike Ayling]

Don’t the majority of bees leave the sting behind then die. So they would be unable to sting you twice. I was had a wasp get in my cycling helmet and it stung me 4 or 5 times.

See my comment two posts above

 

[Webbo2]

See my comment two posts above

I did see this but you didn’t say why so I thought I would add what the reason for it doing so was. I hope I didn’t offend you by doing so.😏

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

So anyway - bikes

did intend to have a ride this afternoon

but I turned my back for a minute and my wife an appointment for me to try on some new specs for cycling at the opticians

so I decided it was about time to clean some of the grit and gunk and whatever off the chain and derailleur

the derailleur cogs were way worse than I expected

might have to take them apart and to it properly another time