{"id":80,"date":"2006-08-15T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=80"},"modified":"2018-08-21T10:17:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T09:17:52","slug":"the-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"The pick up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/404\/2514\/1600\/livebees1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/404\/2514\/320\/livebees1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">June 6, early evening &#8211; they come in a wooden box marked Live Bees, written in red paint, with two pieces of blue string either side to carry. There is a lid on the box. I pick it up rather nervously conscious of the numbers inside. I&#8217;m told it&#8217;s a big swarm, more than 10,000.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/air--1-og.html\"> 1 og<\/a> I place it in the boot of the car and drive off. As I drive round Hyde Park corner on my way back from Kennington, I hear a thud.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/\"> <\/a> Shit! I look in my mirror only to see to my horror that there are bees buzzing around in the back of the car! I manage to somehow pull over, and get out the car to take a closer look at what&#8217;s happened.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/-air--95.html\"><\/a> The box has fallen on its side (why didn&#8217;t I wedge it in?) and lots of bees are clinging to the box or flying around. Shit, what now? I call Bee man (chof the London Beekeepers&#8217; Association). &#8220;Oh dear&#8221;, he says and then calmly tells me not to panic. That&#8217;s easy for him to say.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fjallravenkankenuk.me.uk\/\"> <\/a> &#8220;The bees aren&#8217;t interested in you, just drive home,&#8221; is his advice. I decide to open all the windows as it&#8217;s a warm evening and I know that hot bees equal angry bees. Just hope I don&#8217;t lose the queen. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">Bee man is right. I get home unscathed. Most of the bees have managed to get back into the box, so I put on the Marigolds and carry the box through the flat into the garden and place it in front of the hive. They do sound very angry, if that&#8217;s what a loud, high pitched buzzing noise means. I have visions of them escaping in the communal hallway and attacking the neighbours, whom I haven&#8217;t yet told about my new pets. Bit of an oversight on my part, but I will tell the couple upstairs with the two year old, tomorrow morning! <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">Bee Man is most congenial, with a smiley face and the remnants of a thick grey beard. I put on my burka-style bee outfit, he dones just a hat and veil, not even gloves. He removes the lid of the box and gently removes one of the three frames inside and transfers it to the hive. I transfer the next two. The bees don&#8217;t seem at all bothered by us. I thought they&#8217;d be all over my bee suit but they&#8217;re not.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/basket-.html\"><\/a> This is not too scarey afterall.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/-tn.html\"> tn<\/a> He gives the box a good shake above the hive so the bees that weren&#8217;t on the frames fall into their new home. 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