Non-motoring > Bees & lizards	Legal Questions
Thread Author: No FM2R	Replies: 19

New Sat 2 Jan 21 16:36   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

..are very very stupid. Every time I walk past the swimming pool I have to fish one or other, often both, out of the water. Surely bees ought to have perfected drinking without drowning by now? And lizards, they're supposed to be related to dinosaurs so they definitely should have learned. I leave cork beer mats floating in the pool. Gives the creatures something to hand on to until the next time I pass and don't bother anybody swimming. Rather clever of me, I thought. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Sat 2 Jan 21 16:47   Bees & lizards - legacylad

Well done. Glad you monitor the situation Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 16:50   Bees & lizards - zippy

It's all buzzing down there in Chile. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 17:22   Bees & lizards - John Boy

Are all of the pool edges vertical? If they are, then things might be different if you made some kind of ramp so they could creep up to the water. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 18:13   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

Well, there's some quite wide concrete steps at one end which cats, children and dogs have no problems with. It appears that bees and lizards have no sense of direction. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 18:30   Bees & lizards - Zero

You can buy a robotic pool cleaner, that floats around the top sucking up stuff, they are made for leaves n stuff. Death to Lizards n bees I'm afraid, but in the scheme of things, I'm sure your pool is not extinction scale. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 18:51   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

I don't expect you, or anybody else for that matter, to understand. But if I get to bed at night and realise I didn't do a last check for bees and lizards that I feel so bad I cannot sleep unless I get up and go check. On a big day it's probably 10 bees and 2 or 3 lizards. Not extinction level, as you say. But it matters to me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 18:52   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

Oh, and the pool has a skimmer. I turn it off at this time of year. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 20:24   Bees & lizards - R.P.

To bee or not to bee ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 20:40   Bees & lizards - Zero

Park the car in the pool. The Bees & Lizards can stand on the roof, and it will be clean when you drive it out. Two birds init. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 20:44   Bees & lizards - legacylad

Only works if it’s a good karma Leon Door slams.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 20:46   Bees & lizards - Zero

Wow that really good, - specially given the source..... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 21:30   Bees & lizards - Kevin

>It appears that bees and lizards have no sense of direction. Are there Salida/Exit signs painted on the sides of the pool? I guess they're trying to get a drink and falling in so give them a more attractive alternative than the pool. Maybe build a little bar/cafe for them :-) The bees in Texas used our hummingbird feeder as a hangout and poolside geckos in Cuba are attracted to ice cubes (or maybe it's the G&T) for some reason. Alternatively, just throw a marine rope from one side of the pool to the other to give them something to climb up. BTW. I couldn't let the critters die if I suspected they were there. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 2 Jan 21 22:46   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

Hmmm, that rope idea is worth some thought...... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 3 Jan 21 00:15   Bees & lizards - Runfer D'Hills

Would that then be a bee line?... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 3 Jan 21 00:44   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

Have you no pride? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 3 Jan 21 00:46   Bees & lizards - Runfer D'Hills

Not any more, no. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 3 Jan 21 01:33   Bees & lizards - zippy

>> Would that then be a bee line?... >> >> >> That's the Bees' knees! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 17 Jan 21 22:35   Bees & lizards - No FM2R

>> just throw a marine rope from one side of the pool to the other to give them something to climb up. Thought I'd mention that this worked. Well, it's a nylon rope with a couple of little floats which gets thrown on the water. They seem to cling to it rather than climb on it, but these days at least the vast majority of the bees & lizards are alive when I haul them out even if they've been there a while. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 17 Jan 21 23:34   Bees & lizards - Kevin

They become very lethargic when their body temp drops. You need to turn the pool heating up. Little Gordon in Cuba used to try and keep warm at night by sleeping under the canopy fasteners of our day bed. ibb.co/4gyJzkR Reply to this message | Report message