A large colony of 180,000 bees has been discovered residing within the ceiling of a home in Scotland.
Beekeeper Andrew Card of the Loch Ness Honey Firm who got here to relocate the bugs from the house in Inverness, claimed that they’d most likely been residing there for a number of years behind the plasterboard.
It’s understood they went undetected for as long as they have been within the ceiling of the spare bed room, nonetheless the proprietor stated that every time his grandchildren got here to remain they might point out about ‘listening to the bees at night time.’
In whole three separate colonies have been discovered, every anticipated to have round 60,000 bees, which is above the common for a colony this time of yr.
A large colony of 180,000 bees has been discovered residing within the ceiling of a home in Scotland
In whole three separate colonies have been discovered, every anticipated to have round 60,000 bees, which is above the common for a colony this time of yr
The staff eliminated the bees utilizing a specialised vaccum and moved them into non permanent hives.
The colonies will now be monitored for parasites over six weeks, and fed to make sure they’ve the very best likelihood of survival over the winter months.
Subsequent yr they’ll then be used for honey manufacturing.
Final month a windscreen repairman was additionally left ‘shell shocked’ after a swarm of bees descended on the BMW he was attending.
The Autoglass worker from Kent heard a loud buzzing over his shoulder moments earlier than the bugs descended on the automotive.
He raced again to his van and contacted native beekeeper Peter Down for assist. It’s thought the bugs have been looking for a brand new house having outgrown their earlier hive, with the BMW 2 Sequence deemed the optimum measurement.
A windscreen repairman was left ‘shell shocked’ by a swarm of bees surrounding him as he put a brand new windscreen on a BMW 2 Sequence
Beekeeper Peter Down, 41, managed to maneuver the bees from the roof of the automotive to its body together with his naked palms earlier than eradicating them fully
Photos present the car parked in Lydd, Kent being successfully ‘taken over’ by the swarm.
Mr Down, 41, moved many of the bees right into a cell hive, together with the queen in order that any left would observe.
Mercifully, no one was stung by the swarm – which appeared final Thursday afternoon.
Posting the photographs on Fb, Marsh Apiaries – who’ve adopted the bees – commented: ‘These little women determined to make a brand new house in a BeeMW. [sic]
‘All of the automotive wished was a brand new window display screen and clearly queen bee wished to do her personal inspection alongside together with her fellow honey bees and he or she authorized of the work being finished, she is now settled in her new house and the automotive window display screen has been fitted!!’
Mr Down described the ‘shell-shocked look of the windscreen repairman when he arrived on the scene.
