Nature & Environment

Huge beehive discovered up a tree in China

By T.K. Randall
October 5, 2015

Image: Bees
Credit: Tashkoskim / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) According to local news reports the impressive structure was discovered by a man named Wu who had been out gathering mushrooms in the wilds of China's Hunan Province.

After using smoke to clear away the bees the intrepid mushroom-picker and two of his friends managed to recover the enormous honeycomb before selling it on to a wealthy businessman.More details of the find, including a photograph of the hive, can be found below.

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Posted by CCTVNews on Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Source: Rocketnews24.com

Tags: Bees, Hive