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gb Offline Fast Bill

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Bee care with SAKs
on: June 16, 2016, 08:33:36 PM
I wonder if we sometime forget how versatile the whole SAK and pouch combination can be in a crisis.

Took a trip yesterday to Layer Marney tower. Nice Tudor brickwork and marvellous views once you've climbed the spiral staircase. Right at the top in one of the stairwell windows was a very angry honey bee bashing against the glass with perseverance. That wasn't going to end well for her. Now, I happen to like bees. Try as I might with the guide leaflet she wasn't going to be put off and kept buzzing straight back to the window. I've often found a glass is a handy way to capture and release determined bees in this sort of situation but I didn't have anything to hand. Until I remembered my trusty Black Explorer on my belt. I took that out, put it in my pocket, and slipped my Vic pouch off to use as a safe receptacle with the leaflet over the end. A couple of attempts later and she was inside. At the door I lifted the leaflet off and the bee was on her way.

It's not just a SAK that's useful in a small scale crisis !  :D
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 08:45:41 PM
 8) 8) Too Cool!  :cheers:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 09:16:56 PM
Nice save! :tu:

Definitely a new use for the pouch in my books.


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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 09:47:52 PM
Great story FastBill!   :cheers:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #4 on: June 16, 2016, 09:49:25 PM
Quick thinking Fast Bizzle  :salute:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #5 on: June 16, 2016, 10:15:09 PM
Well done sir!  :)


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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #6 on: June 16, 2016, 10:36:34 PM
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #7 on: June 16, 2016, 11:27:53 PM
+2!!!!! :tu: :tu:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #8 on: June 16, 2016, 11:38:56 PM
I'm not so merciful with wasps, but I'm right there with you when it comes to bees.  Good problem solving skills mate. :salute:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #9 on: June 17, 2016, 01:13:03 AM
That pouch looks awful big for an explorer. But also quite nice.


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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #10 on: June 17, 2016, 01:27:51 AM
Nicely done! :tu: I'm with Gareth though, wasps must die.......
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #11 on: June 17, 2016, 01:43:39 AM
Honeybees are nearly extinct in my area, you rarely see them.   

Everything has an improvised use on an SAK--even the sheath!    Nice job!


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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #12 on: June 17, 2016, 03:39:18 AM
Good work mate.   :tu:   :tu:


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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #13 on: June 17, 2016, 06:58:30 AM
I love bees  :2tu:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #14 on: June 17, 2016, 08:44:52 PM
That pouch looks awful big for an explorer. But also quite nice.

Funny that, now you mention it. The pouch is just the standard 2-4 layer job but it must be perspective.
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #15 on: June 17, 2016, 08:46:58 PM
I love bees  :2tu:

One day I'll try keeping some. I have a friend who does and she really loves it. She's two hives and the colonies each have very different characters. Mind you I love honey too. Which reminds me I must make some Roman Army bread sometime, I've not done that for a while.
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #16 on: August 26, 2016, 03:34:35 AM
I wonder if we sometime forget how versatile the whole SAK and pouch combination can be in a crisis.

Took a trip yesterday to Layer Marney tower. Nice Tudor brickwork and marvellous views once you've climbed the spiral staircase. Right at the top in one of the stairwell windows was a very angry honey bee bashing against the glass with perseverance. That wasn't going to end well for her. Now, I happen to like bees. Try as I might with the guide leaflet she wasn't going to be put off and kept buzzing straight back to the window. I've often found a glass is a handy way to capture and release determined bees in this sort of situation but I didn't have anything to hand. Until I remembered my trusty Black Explorer on my belt. I took that out, put it in my pocket, and slipped my Vic pouch off to use as a safe receptacle with the leaflet over the end. A couple of attempts later and she was inside. At the door I lifted the leaflet off and the bee was on her way.

It's not just a SAK that's useful in a small scale crisis !  :D
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #17 on: August 26, 2016, 06:55:57 AM
I enjoyed reading this awesome story again. 
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #18 on: August 26, 2016, 12:09:31 PM
+1!!!   :cheers:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #19 on: August 27, 2016, 10:48:22 PM
I wonder if we sometime forget how versatile the whole SAK and pouch combination can be in a crisis.

Took a trip yesterday to Layer Marney tower. Nice Tudor brickwork and marvellous views once you've climbed the spiral staircase. Right at the top in one of the stairwell windows was a very angry honey bee bashing against the glass with perseverance. That wasn't going to end well for her. Now, I happen to like bees. Try as I might with the guide leaflet she wasn't going to be put off and kept buzzing straight back to the window. I've often found a glass is a handy way to capture and release determined bees in this sort of situation but I didn't have anything to hand. Until I remembered my trusty Black Explorer on my belt. I took that out, put it in my pocket, and slipped my Vic pouch off to use as a safe receptacle with the leaflet over the end. A couple of attempts later and she was inside. At the door I lifted the leaflet off and the bee was on her way.

It's not just a SAK that's useful in a small scale crisis !  :D

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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #20 on: August 28, 2016, 11:05:30 AM
I wonder if we sometime forget how versatile the whole SAK and pouch combination can be in a crisis.

Took a trip yesterday to Layer Marney tower. Nice Tudor brickwork and marvellous views once you've climbed the spiral staircase. Right at the top in one of the stairwell windows was a very angry honey bee bashing against the glass with perseverance. That wasn't going to end well for her. Now, I happen to like bees. Try as I might with the guide leaflet she wasn't going to be put off and kept buzzing straight back to the window. I've often found a glass is a handy way to capture and release determined bees in this sort of situation but I didn't have anything to hand. Until I remembered my trusty Black Explorer on my belt. I took that out, put it in my pocket, and slipped my Vic pouch off to use as a safe receptacle with the leaflet over the end. A couple of attempts later and she was inside. At the door I lifted the leaflet off and the bee was on her way.

It's not just a SAK that's useful in a small scale crisis !  :D

Save the bees or we are Screwed!!

+1 to that
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #21 on: August 28, 2016, 11:15:32 AM
Good looking out. Honey bees have become precious.

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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #22 on: September 17, 2016, 10:40:27 PM
I'll bump this with another bee rescue tale. It's rained a lot here and this afternoon I spotted a very bumble bee on my drive as I went out for a walk. I've seen them before like this and they're usually quite chilled and in need of energy. He sort of waved a leg at me when I tried to move him with the screwdriver/bottle opener on my Black Darth Spartan but eventually he clambered onto the flat of it and took a ride to a nearby flower where he climbed off. Fingers crossed he made it.
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #23 on: September 17, 2016, 11:49:14 PM
Way to go Fast Bill!! :tu: :tu:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #24 on: September 18, 2016, 08:53:25 AM
Way to go Fast Bill!! :tu: :tu:

Thank you Barry ..  For the record I do do other stuff than look out for bees in distress but just had to post on Spartan Saturday
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #25 on: September 19, 2016, 02:47:11 AM
 :like: :cheers:
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Re: Bee care with SAKs
Reply #26 on: September 19, 2016, 04:24:58 AM
Love bees myself and that is a good service to be doing as well Bill :salute: :like:


 

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