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There was much excitement among Staff and Members
alike in Corks Lane last week when a colony of feral bees was discovered while
work was being carried out to a damaged poplar tree in front of Babergh’s
offices.
We were all much reassured by the message that we
received on Friday from David Pizzey, the Tree Officer:-
‘You’ll be pleased to know that the colony of
honeybees in the fallen tree at front of the office were successfully moved
last night. With the bees docile in the evening a piece of foam was used to
block the entrance to the nest. A 10ft section of the tree was then carefully
cut and lowered by crane on to a truck which then took them on a slow ride to a
site in Lavenham. The bees are now free to remain in their current home or move
on to other local hives. The whole operation was managed with great skill by a
team from Suffolk Tree Services; all this whilst wearing bee suits over
protective chainsaw clothing – not easy!’
In the good old days before Health and Safety had invented themselves,we would have knocked off the swarm with a stick and caught it in a kep as it fell. No need for any cranes nor tree surgeons, police cordons, and ambulances on stand-by!
ReplyDeleteNow, of course, all manner of frauds have been built off the back of H&S.
The "asbestos" fraud is one of the most insidious - yet for those willing to apply a critical mind, it has been resoundly exposed (and in layman's terms) by Christopher Booker, columnist of the Daily Telegraph.