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Christine Balshaw

@mintyherbert

Having fun with the family, learning about beekeeping and photography.

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Joined March 2010
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Liverpool GCPLabs@GCPLab27 Jul 2021
We're sad to say farewell to Milton (on the right), who is leaving us to start a PhD. Jacob crocheted this unbelievable Cryovial (complete w/ removable lavender insert and plasma) which may be the best leaving present ever given! So long Milton, and thanks for all the PHOSP 😉
Image from Liverpool GCPLabs (@GCPLab)
Image from Liverpool GCPLabs (@GCPLab)
Image from Liverpool GCPLabs (@GCPLab)
Image from Liverpool GCPLabs (@GCPLab)
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shepherd jo@shepherd__jo3 Dec 2020
I had 5 sheep on their backs yesterday 😱 so thought I would show this video again. Please if you see a sheep like this it's important to roll them or the birds will eat them alive. They may be very wobbly at first so keep an eye on them Thankyou.
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The Bee Team@beekeepingkids21 Oct 2020
It is dark & rainy today, so we thought we would share a photo taken by our 'Bee Team photographer' (age11) to remind us of sunnier days with the #bees! We will be sharing some exciting news in the next week or so... so watch this space (and the photos! 😉)#BeekeepersHour
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JustMum@EmmaSMaund7 Oct 2020
Honey is a popular product in autumn. A taste of summer and a good remedy for coughs and colds. But take care where you buy, honey shouldn't be cheap - it's value represents the hard work of bees and beekeepers. And if you can, try to support local beekeepers and bee farmers.
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Missed any of our online #beekeeping talks or want to watch them again? We’ve uploaded links to all our previous sessions on our website, including Prof Tom Seeley’s talk on #Hive Thirst. You’ll find details of future talks on there too. Simply visit scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ev…
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Dale Gibson
@BermondseyBees29 Sep 2020
Words fail me about the devastation of our award-winning apiary at Gallions Reach by “travellers” during their fortnight of occupation. Here is what we found there this morning...
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Image from Dale Gibson (@BermondseyBees)
Image from Dale Gibson (@BermondseyBees)
Image from Dale Gibson (@BermondseyBees)
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Andrea@B4Biodiversity14 Aug 2020
We’re continuing our birthday celebrations & giving away some balms, handrolled candles, pollinator wildflower seed, honey & other Liverpool bee stuff! To enter, give us a follow & RT 🐝 Winners announced Sunday eve 🐝 Prizes posted Monday morning 🐝 – at Liverpool, England
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Image from Andrea (@B4Biodiversity)
Image from Andrea (@B4Biodiversity)
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BBKA@britishbee13 Sep 2020
It's the end of the BBKA's Asian Hornet Week. A week in which I hope you have learned more about Asian Hornets & now feel confident about identifying & reporting them! And of course when we have seen 1st confirmed report of them in Gosport #bees #AsianHornetWeek
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BBKA@britishbee11 Sep 2020
It's Asian Hornet Week - We understand the flying Asian hornets in a vineyard north of Gosport were tracked to a nest and it will be dealt with later #bees #asianhornetweek #asianhornet
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Asian Hornet week 7th-13th September..check out "The Buzz" page on our website for how to report sightings and identification @britishbee eastlancsbees.org.uk/the-buz… #asianhornet
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Some recent #research regarding #honey & its use in treating #coughs & #colds 👍🍯🐝 news.sky.com/story/honey-bet…
Honey better for coughs and sore throats than conventional medicine, says study

Honey better for coughs and sore throats than conventional medicine, says study

Research suggests symptoms lasted one to two days less among those treated with honey.

news.sky.com
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Abelo@AbeloBeekeeping8 Aug 2020
Do you want to win a FREE Abelo Poly Hive worth £145? Just RT this tweet and follow @AbeloBeekeeping. Its as simple as that. Draw will take place on September 31st 2020 via Pickaw.
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Martin Collins@MartinCollins927 Jul 2020
A bee with pollen baskets laden heading back to land in @MrSimonEmms @BeespaceX equipped hive. #WexMondays
Bee about to land.

ALT Bee about to land.

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'Learn how to see and draw nature like an illustrator' - A free on-line course 🦋🌼🌿 "You will learn essential skills and techniques that form the base for creating accurate and stunning replications of subjects from the natural world... edx.org/course/drawing-natur…
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Note to self....Eating honey can help you smarter! It contains pinocembrin, unique to honey, that is an antioxidant that improves brain function #honey #health #bees #wellbeing
Image from East Lancs Bees 🐝 (@EastLancsBees)
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Chris Manton@ElmTreeBees4 Jul 2020
The hopes and dreams of the nations beekeepers are in tatters. 5 weekends of low pressure systems slamming into these shores.
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Beeswax is produced when young honeybees consume honey. It takes about 8 1/2 lbs of honey to produce one pound of beeswax. Bees have special glands that secrete the wax. The bee takes the wax and chews it with her mandibles and shapes it to make hexagonal cells. #beeswax
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Bees for Development@BeesForDev8 Jun 2020
This paper describes how, when pollen is scarce, a bumblebee damages a plant's leaves to stimulate flower growth science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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It's our 1st birthday, next month, and we'd like to get to 2,000 followers before then, so please give us a #RT and tell all your fellow #beekeepers 🐝 🍃🌻🐝🌻🍃 If we're lucky, we may even get a mention in @BeeCraftMag or next month's @britishbee magazine 🤞 #BeekeepersHour
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Lockdown has been hard for all of us but as restrictions ease, rightly or wrongly, and people start going to the the countryside again... please look after it...act responsibly...think about what you are doing #countryside #wildlife – at Longton, England
Mary Colwell (@curlewcalls) profile pictureMary Colwell@curlewcalls3 Jun 2020
The fire that engulfed 2.4 km sq of Darwen Moor at the weekend had ≈ 6 curlew nests. There were also breeding golden plover and short eared owls. From a local - "Hearing the pitiful cries of the adults as their broods were engulfed by the fire ☹…all due to one disposable BBQ!"
Image from Mary Colwell (@curlewcalls)
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