Nature & Environment

80,000 bees found inside couple's bedroom wall

By T.K. Randall
May 22, 2019

Image: Bees
Credit: Tashkoskim / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) The gargantuan hive was discovered after a bee expert was called in to investigate the noise.

When Sergio Guerrero arrived on the scene, he found a hive so extensive that it had filled up the entire wall cavity with honeycombs measuring up to a meter across.

"I can't understand how [the homeowners] have been living with that number of bees for two years," he said. "That would have left them with a constant buzz in their ears."Even with the use of specialized equipment, it took several hours to relocate the bees.

Guerrero reports that he has removed as many as half a million bees in total so far this year.

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— Project Bees (@ProjectBeesCom) May 21, 2019

Source: BBC News

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