Preparations for
inter-house rounders were hampered by an unusual event this weekend. A badger
had dug up a bees nest in the corner of the rounders field! A quick call was
made to local St Margarets beekeeper, Carolyn Wise. Her advice was that it
would definitely be a bumblebee nest rather than a honey bee nest. Therefore
there would only be around 40 bees in the nest rather than the 50,000
that can live in a honeybee hive! Bumblebees are protected and are generally
peaceful insects. In fact the few bumblebees around the nest site were very calm and beautiful. Did you know that there are several hundred types of bees in the UK?
The nest was cordoned off and inter-house rounders
went ahead as planned. I hope the bumblebees enjoyed the live sport entertainment!
Post by Alison Wilkinson
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