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I'd say we will. Especially since Val's GIFs are making it difficult for me to sleep...

Gawd.... That's gonna keep me awake all night, Val! 😮

Thanks, young Albert Enjoy the rest of your day.

Bedtime for me. G'night, all

What?

So what are you handling whilst they are handling your wood?

Hey, Xan!

Size queen!

I see we're now on Page 1109. Only two more pages till the magical page 1111. Get ready, @Timothy M.!

Good to hear! They should both help control the COPD and the emphysema.

Erm.... To quote a couple of lines from Meatloaf's Paradise By The Dashboard Light: 🎶 Let me sleep on it And I'll give you an answer in the morning 🎶 Actually, I'm heading for continental Europe myself in a few weeks. I'm just praying that the weather will have cooled down a bit before then...

And hey to you, as well, Gary! Hope the shoulder is continuing to heal.

Okay, if other beekeepers have identified them as honeybees, I'll accept they must be then. This time of the year it's possible they are wild bees from a hive that has swarmed. If the hive is in the wall space it may indeed be difficult to access. If they are in the roof space (above the ceiling) then removal should be easier. If the beekeeper coming on Sunday is used to 'rescuing' wild colonies, he (or she) will probably be able to rescue these especially if they are in the roof space, and there is an access door or hatch (as there almost always is here in Ireland). Fingers crossed they can remove them without having to resort to actually killing them.

Good afternoon, Val. Hope all goes well. Hey, Xan! Not too bad of a day here. Clouds and sun. Bit windy. Currently around 24°C/75°F. No sign of rain. Hey, young Albert! Hoping there were no leg cramps last night. Sleep well, Bucket. Hey, duggie. Here's hoping it stays pleasant

Good for your son! I'm not 100% sure they are actually honeybees. And, if they are, they certainly aren't babies. Worker honeybees spend the earlier part of their lives inside the hive as nurse bees. These bees nurture and feed bee larvae. They also take on the job of keeping the inside of the hive clean, feeding the queen, processing incoming nectar into honey for storage, and capping the honeycomb where the honey is stored with beeswax. It is only when they get older that the worker bees will leave the hive to collect the necessary resources from which the colony survives, such as nectar, pollen, and propolis (a a resin gathered from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. Propolis is used to seal small holes in the hive). They have a dangerous and tiring job, but work from the time the sun is up until sunset. Maybe the bees your son is finding are these older worker bees that have suffered from heat exhaustion due to the very high temperatures this year. My bigger worry would be that they may be suffering from insecticide poisoning that farmers may have been spraying on their crops (or even gardeners have been spraying). If this were the case, I would be concerned about trying to rescue them and getting them flying again. The danger then is they could actually bring back the poison to the hive. At the height of the summer a typical honeybee colony (hive) can have as many as 80,000 or more worker bees. The queen bee in the hive lays as many as 2,000 eggs each day (that is literally her only function). The loss of a few dozen, or even several hundred, worker bees would be insignificant to the colony. Indeed, there are probably many, many, more than this dying from natural causes every day. Worker bees literally do work themselves to death.

Hi, Gary! And bye all, for at least the next six hours.

Brilliant! Here's hoping there are many more similar nights.

Good day, young Albert! Unfortunately I have to go out shortly.

20°C/68°F here at present. Cloudy with a nice breeze. Just back from a stroll. The swallows and housemartins are flying very close to the ground. Makes me think the forecast for potential thunderstorms may prove to be correct.

Good luck with that, Val!

It's beginning to look as though Danny may have written him off, however. Or could he be hiding behind a notebook or textbook at breakfast every morning for some other reason? You made me smile with your 'driving of this bus' comment, if only because a lot of the gay guys I know use the expression "Looks like he's on the bus" when they see a guy who they think might also be gay.

Is that another way of wishing me sweet dreams?

Good night, all. Have a busy day and evening tomorrow, so I may not be in here as much.