Oxleas Apiary

Hi @DefenceHQ. Queen Camilla no longer purchases fur, so why do you? The King’s Guard must follow suit by switching to faux fur. #MoDGoFurFree

Pythons are being killed for LVMH’s snakeskin bags and shoes – they’re bashed in the head with hammers, pumped full of water, and skinned. @LVMH, commit to banning exotic skins at tomorrow’s AGM! #StopStealingSkins

@lucysiegle @TrapezeBooks Woman in red coat was my next door neighbour in Garford Street. She is Mary Barrett and has also written a book ‘The Barrett’s of Wapping high Street’. She was encouraged to do so by Roy Hodges, Glenda Jackson’s ex husband who also lived in Garford Street.

Now please don't forget: Turning the Tide on Plastic, my new book is out 26th July. If you'd like to pre-order, well that's just fine hyperurl.co/TurningTheTide And here's the movie highlights for good measure....LET'S DO THIS!!!! @TrapezeBooks #TurningTheTideOnPlastic

@BBCArchive Yes it’s Mary Barrett, she wrote ‘The Barrett’s of Wapping High Street’. The cover of the book is from this film!

#OnThisDay 1977: Thanks for the Memory - The Viewer's View asked people what they thought about television. This woman was likely approached for a snappy vox pop, but ended up delivering something closer to a dramatic monologue. Fantastic stuff.

@BBCArchive I’m pretty sure this was my neighbour Mary who lived in Garford St Limehouse. She also wrote a lovely short book about her life.

Britain won’t let our NHS be on the table in a trade deal with Trump. Will you rule it out? #NoToTrump @JamesCleverly @michaelgove @SamGyimah @Mark_J_Harper @sajidjavid @BorisJohnson @andrealeadsom @kitmalthouse @EstherMcVey1 @DominicRaab @RoryStewartUK

The US wants to slash food standards and undercut British farmers in a trade deal. @jeremycorbyn @theresa_may pls make sure any Brexit outcome you agree on, protects them. Stopping no-deal and keeping a closer relationship with Europe would help.

Fungi - today - Oxleas Woods

Dissatisfied with RB Greenwich internal review, Jenny & John go to the Local Government Ombudsman with their complaint - the Stage 2 Reviewer turned out to be the Head of the Transport currently involved in the Cycleway - see largeassociates.com/cz1000/Beeline…

Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) seed case opening to drop seeds and then empty seed case - Oxleas Woods

Lots of Comings-and-Goings in the Oxleas Wood Apiary today - maybe another few days left for hectic foraging before winter finally sets in!

How many organisations does to take to clean up a bus stop in Baker Road (SE18) - just like the light bulb replacement, MANY - including Royal Greenwich, Ministry of Defence, Transport for London and QE Hospital, all arguing amongst themselves for 2 months just who should do it

Looking over the Apiary garden wall - the Virginia Creeper Autumn display is very promising this year!

Sadiya's colony taking sugar syrup

Heaps of bright yellow pollen coming into the Oxleas Wood hives - possibly Ivy (Hedera helix) and thankfully because we are too urbanised not oilseed rape that crystallises in the combs like rapid curing cement!

Settled in Oxleas Wood Apiary, a nicely coloured leaf or stink bug of the Pentatomidae family but which Palomena ?

Guardian calls for V. crabro swatting spree to stop - swat V. velutina instead - theguardian.com/environment/20…

@YvesMarignac those honeybees from @OxleasApiary seem to be remarkably well informed on nuclear matters - I expect they'll next opine on the alkali-silicate reactor or concrete cancer at Doel and Tihange NPPs!

On the subject of the previous tweet and, particularly, that the NPPs at Hinkley Point C could be denied UK government Credit Guarantees, then . . .

Further delay at the French Flamanville 3 - see @YvesMarignac - from weld defects may have knock-on implications for the 2 EPR Hinkley Point C NPPs since UK government can withdraw EDF's Credit Guarantees if Fl3 fails to commission and demonstrate viability by the close of 2020