2/8/2024 0 Comments Mosh put beesThe 50% match by BIBBA of what I was to put in, meant that I could think a little more seriously about the range of equipment needed, as I was able to spend a touch beyond what would have been my spending comfort range. Not wanting to return to beekeeping hell, I contacted BIBBA early this year about the A.m.m. Being a small apiary it was relatively easy to do but as we know, having native bees isn’t a fixed point. The effect was immediate, even before new virgins were mated. What, no gloves? No bee suit black with screaming bees? With hindsight and learning I can now see from the first abysmal wing plot Steve provided of my bees, that the problem I had was hybridisation between sub-species. It felt like the beekeeping equivalent of Jules Verne’s characters witnessing the existence of pre-historic creatures after journeying to the centre of the earth. Quite naturally, having succumb to the propaganda that it was game over for our native bee, it was a revelation to visit Steve Rose at his apiary in 2012 where there wasn’t just one native colony but over forty. The native dark bee in my youth were the stuff of legends one of the great environmental injustices, a subspecies of bee driven to extinction with a small band of bee hunters still in search of the holy grail docile native bees clinging on in a secluded location far from humanity’s reach. That day I was held at sting point in my suit by a thousand screaming bees for half an hour as I ran through bushes to shake them off my tail. My personal safety in my apiary and beyond in the wider community was in peril. A retired builder from over the road, who also happened to be North Wales’s former black belt karate champion, got stung along with his son. Hive inspection day would be accompanied by the sound of screaming neighbours who’d also get attacked. The law of averages meant that at least a gross of stings would get through the suit each time. Prising the crown board half an inch, bees would ferment over the sides like a badly poured beer, the air would darken and hundreds would enshroud my suit kamikaze-ing their way into every nook and crevice. I became a queenrearer in recent years through necessity, with my small apiary of five hives shifting from docile to completely insane within two seasons. Send us feedback about these examples.Keeping bees since I was 15, now 30 years ago, I’d been quite content for most of that time producing a super of honey each season that was my beekeeping. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mosh.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Diana Leyva, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023 See More George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023 Knocked Loose sparks one of Bonnaroo's most intense mosh pits Kentucky hardcore band Knocked Loose stepped onto This Tent Friday to a crowd ready to mosh. Diana Leyva, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023 Moments of sensitive musical introspection are as rare at a blink-182 rock show as moshing and jokes about flatulence are at a concert by James Taylor, Ed Sheeran or Weyes Blood. 2023 Knocked Loose sparks one of Bonnaroo's most intense mosh pits Kentucky hardcore band Knocked Loose stepped onto This Tent Friday to a crowd ready to mosh. 2023 Many party-goers dressed the part in natty rugby shirts and penny loafers with socks-and even more could be seen moshing in them. 2023 The median age of the fans moshing near the front of the stage seems to be about 20. 2023 The band’s lead singer shouted the same profane line, before delving into a hardcore song that sent patrons moshing through the diner. Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. Martens stage, where their high-energy performance compelled attendees to mosh (yes, as in Warped Tour-style moshing) and body roll, all in one set. 2023 Two days later, the group took to Dr. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. Recent Examples on the Web As for his moshing experiences at concerts earlier this year by the Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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