Agentsmith

Thats a staggering revelation. I firmly believe in Einstien's theory, this only adds to the urgency the human race is going to find itself facing, maybe not in our generation's lifetime....but it could quite easily be sooner than we think. The bee population is the biggest equation, man's existance is dependant on the insects survival....without it we don't exist.

Bloody greys are a goddamn infernal nuisance...digging in the planters n pots. We've a couple of sun flowers just now, as has next door but the little vermin will have the heads off em soon. You're right about the size of queen wasps, saw one a few weeks ago, untangling itsrlf from a spiders web....poor spider was probably petrified!

Can't say i remember hearing it 75....deffo 76 though..our necknof the woods West Mids, Wulfrun & Civic Hall soul nights, Wolvo for sure...Pep would definitely have been playing it...it wouldn't be unlike Sam playing it, even if it was the instrumental and not the vocal as, he played backing tracks same as any other jock " Soul Step " The Dogs was another white artist track he played....that wouldve been 77/8ish maybe.

I heard Soul Sam play it frequently, mid 70's did it not get attention at Cleethorpes as well?, around same time as stuff like Emanons Band " Bird Walking "

Wow!, been here a while according to that, sparse initially but theyve been getting a foothold...on the whole the battle front against them aplears to be the south east of the country though there have been occasions elswhere, were nests have located and eliminated....as its been stated before its not about being directly a threat to us, but to the bee populations.

I think hornets have always been prevalent in the borders/mid wales, but naturalised colonies, not this threat thats coming from abroad so, dinstinction between the two species would interesting e.g. size, colour and what sort of habitat if anything specific....theyre obviously large than honey bees and i bet our native wasp, the latter queens are quite big, so, if theyre anywhere near that theyre going to need to be avoided at all costs and reported if sighted anywhere. I assume there have always been hornet colonies in most southern counties anyway, because if the warmer climate.

Peter, There used to be a colony of wallabees in Leek, Staffordshire, that lived on the moors above the town?, been there and its a pretty well known story about them...also features on the town's coat of arms i think. Deffo unusual that though, in a city a city suburb...but then you wouldn't be surprised to see deer....or even goats, as with those in llandudno!

He certainly does, Mick

Deffo, we're always out looking for stuff...usually sightings of bigger animals: geese, goats, donkeys, alpacas, llamas the usual suspects so nothing surprising there....now, if we had them in our garden...that would be a different kettle of fish....we'd probably be charging admission for the school kids! Seriously though, it appears to be of concern but, if i thought there was a genuine panic on about something now, i'd have consulted one of the uk's leading zoologists...who lives amongst us all, here in the north of England....who just so happens to be a leading record dealer too.....i wonder if you can guess who that is?

Agree with the latter paragraph of your analogy, Carl....there cant realistically be anyone on here who dodn't have a water butt....the prevalence of the rain last year resulted in ours being full to the brim.......we've never witnessed that before, even having had it 5 years...the damp hampers the hatching cycle of all winged species and invertibrates....sparrows have been on the decline for years now, with peoples preference for concrete walls or wooden fencing, resulting in the sprecies natural habitat, privit hedgerows being removed...if youve budlea, lavender and such, the bees will certainly be about....not seen wasps yet either.....far more concerned about the threat of these imported asian hornets spreading.....a very major threat to bee colonies....thankfully seen none of those either, but fully aware of the need to report such instances as theyre considered dangerous. The biggest threat of all though, is us.....we continue to swallow up habitat at an alarming rate, in the name of housing the population, and monsterous warehousing that no one needs...that drives the climate and ultimately, the jet stream...habitat equates no just 5o fields, meadows and woods, but farming and arable land....it all impacts, and the flooding will increase as the water table is impacted by tarmac, concrete and bricks n mortar. So far, our late arrivals here have been red admiral, painted lady, fratillery and cabbage white, honey, worker, bumble bees...and we've had a dragon fly....this is east leeds on the outskirts of the city, a relatively milder climate in this area...not terribly exciting for insect activity or birds, though we do try!. Ultimately, we will be the masters of our own survival or demise. Einstein said if the bee population dies, the human race dies...within 3 decades...or is AI going to intervene to engineer pollenation?

" The Northern Soul label ".....and the term wasn't even spoken until 10 years after Motown's launch....put that aside and to all intents and purposes, at 450+ pages, it's a pretty comprehensive documentation thats going to land on afficianados coffee tables.

Sorry to hear of another loss today, sincere condolences to Keith's family and all concerned.

A great dj, and a top bloke....sincere condolences to Maria, their family and all concerned. Feel free to share your memories and thoughts

Yes Ted, heard about this only recently. A very similar thing happened to McFadden & Whitehead, almost 10 years earlier.

Ffs, is it possible AI was spreading misinformation way back then?