Are there any particular plants that are good for bees? I want to try to plant some that will help keep the bee population alive. I have some that come into my garden, but want to try and help more if...
there was a bee on my window, so i caught it in a glass jar and let it go outside.
after i released it, i realised i had used an old honey jar.
do you think the bee got the irony in that?...
If you buy a new house, which later tuurns out to be on a flood plain, who is liable? Is it the builder, the planners who gave permission, or the Environment Agency for not raising the flood risk as...
I'm not sure under which category my query comes under. For six nights now a strange thing happens at night time when I am in bed. After I switch my bedside lamp off, gradually, in the corner of my...
http://kgajos.eecs.harvard.edu/ag/
It guessed 30 for me, I'm 44 :)
The test plays up a bit but if you reload/refresh the page it works.
I did it in Chrome browser, it may work better in IE....
There is an interesting news item about mushrooms. If you put them outside in the sun for half an hour to an hour - it says between ten and three - then they will provide you with vitamin D. I can't...
need some advice about a sensitive subject. Friend of mine (yes really!) had a stillbirth recently. She put a picture of her son on her desk. someone else complained to the manager and said it was...
I've bought my wife a mini sewing machine as a surprise as part of her birthday present. She's only just started and I think she wants to use it to make curtains. I have since found out that she...
In an effort to calm everybody down, I would like to introduce a light-hearted new topic. Hope it works ! I have just seen an article in the Guardian that claims that 1 in 10 houses in the UK have a...
i have been abusing pain killers and recently been taking dihydrocodine instead of cocodamol because the effects last longer. i fell to the floor and although i was conscious i was skirming about on...
I've got to have a blood test this week. I was supposed to have it this morning, but I phoned up and changed the appointment as I didn't have anyone to go with me. I have a major (MAJOR!) fear of...
I'm thinking of getting a SSD drive, see if they really go faster. I suppose they hook up just like a normal HDD. Any advice on anything I should watch out for?
Just recently Windows is taking about five minutes to open. It begins to start then the screen goes black for some minutes before Windows finally opens. I haven't changed anything or added loads of...
As above, what are your favourite AB topics? For me, it's Chatterbank (I know, I know), Body & Soul, News and Insurance. I also quite enjoy a gander in Media & TV. DO you stick to your usual faves, or...
Caspar is deaf-so naturally noisy....but sometimes he drives me crazy. After a relatively quiet period...today he's been howling all day-and it's LOUD! If I am downstairs in the street-I can hear him...