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| Steve Newport |
 Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:09 pm |
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We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
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| Jill |
| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:06 pm |
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Steve Newport wrote:
Quote: We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
Thanks
The resident bee expert will hopefully be along shortly
MARY EEEEE
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Jill Bowis
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| E Gregory |
| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:12 pm |
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Mine did. No longer keep the bees.
Eileen
Steve Newport wrote:
Quote: We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
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| Christina Websell |
| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:11 am |
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"Steve Newport" <steven@newport47.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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Quote: We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
Thanks
I suppose it depends on how big the area is. My friend Nuele in Germany
had 2 hives and her chickens free-ranged alongside them in an area of
round - guessing - 50 x 50 metres with no problem. They seemed to
mutually ignore each other.
The biggest threat to her bees I saw when I visited was hornets. They prey
on bees and I often saw them hovering around the entrance to the hives.
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| Steve Newport |
| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:37 am |
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On Thu, 10 May 2007 16:11:27 +0100, "Christina Websell"
<spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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"Steve Newport" <steven@newport47.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
Thanks
I suppose it depends on how big the area is. My friend Nuele in Germany
had 2 hives and her chickens free-ranged alongside them in an area of
round - guessing - 50 x 50 metres with no problem. They seemed to
mutually ignore each other.
The biggest threat to her bees I saw when I visited was hornets. They prey
on bees and I often saw them hovering around the entrance to the hives.
Tina
Yeah, had similar experienbce with our hives out on the farms. The
European hornets a loud and the fight vicious.
OK, thanks for your comments |
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| JustTom |
| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:08 pm |
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On Wed, 09 May 2007 20:09:56 GMT, Steve Newport
<steven@newport47.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
Quote: We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
I'm by no means an expert, but attended a beekeepers meeting on
monday, and a similar question was asked.
The oldsters in attendance seemed to think there wasn't really any
livestock that didn't work well with bees except for horses. |
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| Steve Newport |
| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:23 pm |
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On Thu, 10 May 2007 18:08:12 GMT, tom@nomail.please (JustTom) wrote:
Quote: On Wed, 09 May 2007 20:09:56 GMT, Steve Newport
steven@newport47.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
We have a large number of bee hives and I would ideally like to bring
one hive on-site and the area set aside for the chooks seems ideal.
However, do chooks (to anybodies knowledge) get on OK with bees?
I'm by no means an expert, but attended a beekeepers meeting on
monday, and a similar question was asked.
The oldsters in attendance seemed to think there wasn't really any
livestock that didn't work well with bees except for horses.
Yeah I can confirm that, bees really pick on horses as they seem to
fear damaging the hive (thats what I was told). Also )I am told)
cattle can also seem to deliberately knock hives over.
So long as the chooks dont try it. |
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| Jill |
| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:48 pm |
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Steve Newport wrote:
Quote: Also )I am told)
cattle can also seem to deliberately knock hives over.
Cattle like scritching on things !!
Being their size they usually knock it over !!
Including sheds ;)
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Jill Bowis
Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
Working Holidays in Scotland
http://www.kintaline.co.uk |
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