Newsbot Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 A new law is introduced to try to help prevent the spread of disease through the island's bee colonies. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7523055.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
%age Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Agriculture Minister Phil Gawne said he was "99.9% sure" that the disease was not yet on the island. He said: "At the moment we are 99.9% sure that we don't have these disease but the order gives us the powers to go in and check that. Overuse of the phrase "99.9% sure". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Importation of bees was prohibited by an order of the Board of Agriculture (or whatever it was) about 20 years ago, so why blow trumpets now ?, has the only fella who knew about it retired and they have just rediscovered it ?. Following that order the local beekeepers set up a queen rearing operation to have 'home grown' queen bees which are needed from time to time to improve the strength of hives by introducing a young queen if the present queen is getting old and not laying well and the hive is not collecting much honey. There seems to be no results if you search the gov.im website for the older documents, perhaps they hadn't uploaded the archives that far back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 "Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be. But half the bee has got to be vis-à-vis its entity - d'you see? But can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee when half the bee is not a bee due to some ancient injury?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4mbi Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 hope this new law won't effect the bees... if they prevent "the bees" from getting the (alcoholic) disease.. then the forum will be a much duller place x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Save Thebees special laws and everything - love it xx thanks world, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Eric ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Where are the laws to prevent human diseases? They should ban cancer. That'd be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ean Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Where are the laws to prevent human diseases? They should ban cancer. That'd be nice. Your nobel prize is in the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 ............set up a queen rearing operation ............... We have come a long way since homosexuality ceased to be illegal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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