Small new hives with a queen and a few worker bees, commonly called nukes are not suitable for pollination purposes …. New colonies should be developed before they are brought to the alfalfa seed field ….

Traditionally on Okinawa (if 'traditionally' is the right word to use), protectors had been worn during sparring practise because the trainees believed that, to be effective, one should not train to pull punches.

As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as critics and naysayers.

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