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    • ARNCA
      ARNC
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      @Oaktavia
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      @Oaktavia a bit calmer now and as close as I can sensibly get!
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      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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      • OaktaviaO
        Oaktavia
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        @ARNC are those honeybees?

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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        • ARNCA
          ARNC
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          @Oaktavia
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          @Oaktavia yes, we have office honeybees - I think 3 hives currently. I’m not involved in looking after them (it’s my boss’s project) but I can see them from my window, especially if they decide to swarm or are disturbed.

          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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          • OaktaviaO
            Oaktavia
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            @ARNC
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            @ARNC ah, that makes sense now. Pretty neat you can see them from your window.

            IG: electricindigowizard

            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

            WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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            • A
              aksu
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              Me: Who loves denim?
              Mosquitos: We do!

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              • goosehdG
                goosehd
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                @aksu that is a lot of mosquitoes!! Where are you and what were you doing?

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • A
                  aksu
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                  @goosehd
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                  @goosehd
                  Northern Finland. Bit of fishing, but mainly wondering around with minimal reason 😃

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                  • goosehdG
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                    @aksu I’ve encountered black flies and mosquitoes like that a few times in northern, swampy, boggy areas and did not enjoy it. The fishing was excellent even though I was miserable.

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • todyT
                      tody
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                      @ARNC Thinking about putting up a hive in our garden.

                      My encounter with bees 15 years ago was a bit crazy. While still living in Cologne, we noticed a swarm in our backyard, heading for a small hole in our wall. When opening the drywall up, we found a massive structure behind it. They must have been living there for decades.

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                      • ARNCA
                        ARNC
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                        @tody that’s a lot of bees and the natural comb structure is really cool.

                        It might be worth checking what the rules are about bee keeping in Germany (obviously different to the UK). I don’t know much but I know my boss and another colleague have been on a special bee training course and we had the bee inspector visit recently. As we’re near the coast they needed to check that foreign bees aren’t coming over and taking up residence (sounds like some kind of political joke but it’s a real thing apparently, I think to stop transmission of bee diseases).

                        “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                        • jerkulesJ
                          jerkules
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                          @ARNC ”bloody foreign bees, coming over here stealing our pollen and our women”

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                          • SKTS
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                            Arachnid post…but does anyone want a sack of baby spiders? My kids were freaking out

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                            • OaktaviaO
                              Oaktavia
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                              @SKT ahoooo I'm itchy!!!

                              IG: electricindigowizard

                              "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                              WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                              • SKTS
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                                @Oaktavia
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                                @Oaktavia right!? Kinda freaked me out too

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                                • spleef_onerS
                                  spleef_oner
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                                  Found this spider in my backyard this morning, pretty massive for IL.

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                                  • NocturamaN
                                    Nocturama
                                    Haraki san Prodigy
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                                    Spent the night on my study window - the delicacy of the wings is 🤯
                                    EDIT: now the sun has moved round I managed to get a better photo.
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                                    #JustStopCrocs

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                                    • AdamCA
                                      AdamC
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      @spleef_oner
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                                      @spleef_oner what spider is this? It looks absolutely huge

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                                      • OaktaviaO
                                        Oaktavia
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                                        @Nocturama
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                                        @Nocturama Nice photo!!!

                                        IG: electricindigowizard

                                        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                        WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                        • OaktaviaO
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                                          @AdamC I think it's a Nursery Web spider but it could be a large Wolf spider...

                                          IG: electricindigowizard

                                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                          WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                          • spleef_onerS
                                            spleef_oner
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                                            @AdamC yeah, like @Oaktavia said I think it’s a big wolf spider.

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