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NEWS -ANNOUNCEMENTS
Taffs Well Village Show 03 August 2010 Taff’s Well Village Show GROWING APPETITES 21 July 2010 GROWING APPETITES
Saturday 7th August 10:30 onwards
Come and join us for some vegetable growing this Saturday morning on our community garden followed by lunch made from the ingredients we have grown. Everyone is welcome even if it is just for lunch after being on your own allotment.
This week expect a selection of salads, homemade bread and frosted courgette and lemon cake.
Please bring your own eating utensils and we look forward to seeing you!
It would be lovely for allotment holders and community garden volunteers to all get together and enjoy what they have grown.
Feel free to send to anyone else you think may be interested and feel free to bring along anything to share :)
Security Announcement 26 June 2010 Security Announcement  You may or may not have found out by word of mouth, but the allotments have been broken in to every shed on all fields has been forced open and some tools stolen - namely power tools. It is unfortunate for this to happen, but I have been told there has not been any actual physical damage to buildings, crops or infrastructure. Fortunately to date, this is the first significant activity this year, and if previous years are anything to go by, will be a one off. In past years, similar activities have happened, at a similar time, and probably by the same group of youths. I will notify the police, and will ask if they can do an extra couple of walks past the site late in the evenings. In the mean time, I would advise that people do not store any tool that is worth anything in their sheds - particularly power tools. I have also found that with our shed on our allotment, they don’t bother breaking into a shed that does not have a lock on it - however, I am not advising you either way on this, I’ll leave it with you. This does only reiterate that we must keep the gate closed in the evenings, and please if you see anything suspicious, do not hesitate to contact me, or drop a line to the police. I will let you know what the police have to say. Best wishes Steve Arnold Party in the Hive? 23 June 2010 Party in the Hive? No Thanks, I’m a Solitary Bee Contribution by Liz Johns A solitary person
 I am, by nature, a solitary person. I take little pleasure in mingling at parties and in having to make small talk. Any more than six people in a social group and I instinctively withdraw. I avoid crowds wherever possible and will not be found on the commuter train without a book to disappear into or an ipod to block out the surrounding chatter. Anti-social? Perhaps. But I prefer to call it solitary. As solitary as a bee. What? Surely bees are one of the most social and communal creatures around? Some are yes, but not all. I have great pleasure in introducing the Solitary Bee.
A solitary bee
 These bees collect pollen, but do not make honey. And instead of living in hives, they make an individual nest for each egg laid. These nests can be found in holes in wood, tunnels in the ground, crumbling mortar, and other hidey-holes. Solitary bees are harmless and do not sting. Also, they will refuse invitations to any social gatherings of more than six bees.
I’m pretty sure that solitary bees nest in the wooden walls of our house. I’ve noticed in the summer a strange insect – a cross between a wasp and a bee – sneaking in between the wooden cladding and buzzing, then leaving at the end of the summer.
Name that bee
Solitary bees have great names: Mason bees, Leafcutters, Mining bees, White faced bees, Carder bees, Cuckoo bees, to name but a few.
Are solitary bees uncommon?
No, the opposite in fact. There are more than 20,000 known species of bee in the world, by far the greatest portion (90%) of these are solitary.
We love solitary bees
Make them feel at home by building houses for them, just like Sainsbury’s in the UK that has set up ‘rooftop hotels‘ to encourage solitary bees.
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