Family finds 20,000 bees under floorboards

Associated Press
May. 31, 2005 01:00 PM

TULSA, Okla. - An Oklahoma family has found a surprise under the floorboards of its historic Tulsa home: 20,000 bees.

Beekeepers found several hives under the floor of the second story of the house. The bee combs under were about six inches thick and extended several feet.

A modified vacuum cleaner will be used to suck the bees out through a tube and deposit them in a sealed container. The bees will be taken to an apiary, where their honey will be harvested.


Because the 1930s home is in a historic district, the removal project has been delayed while the family finds a contractor who can tear out the flooring without violating preservation guidelines.

They haven't received an estimate of how much it will cost.

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Edit; to add that I would be heading for the hills. I am allergic to bee stings and one sting puts me in urgent care!

That would be a freaky find

I would be of in a flash,i am scared sh-tless when it comes to bees and wasps

You would have thought you would have spoted them sooner than letting them get up to the 20.000 mark bees flying in and out from under your house,and the noise day and night

maybe its sorta sound proof so u dont really hear them

That would be a lot of honey! YUMMY!

It is odd that nobody has heard them. That would be quite an audibe drone, dontcha think? Yeesh.....Me, I'd say to hell with the historic preservation guidelines, get em the heck outta there now! (I'm allergic)

And they were wondering what that buzzing was for several years...

Luckily they found out before anyone was seriously stung. But you would think that they had spotted them sooner?!

Mmmmm! Honeycombs! Bzzzzzzz.

All those people would have to do was drill a hole in their ceiling and let the honey flow.

Good to see that they aren`t just going to be exterminated!

I would have hatet to be the one to have counted them

One,two ,three,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.19.999,.,.,.,ah and one more that makes 20.000