crazy crazy bees.

[Montehall]

Got home yesterday, and saw a pretty fair wall of bees by my driveway. I also saw a few hundred bees having some type of conference in the grass. Knowing I got swarmed last year, I called a local beekeeper.
He comes out, walks into the middle of them, and informs me that the entire population of bees on the ground are male. He vacuums them up and that was that. He said they probably got kicked out of the hive and were waiting for a new queen, but she never showed up.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Do they die in the vacuum or does he relocate them? :bigears:

[Montehall]

Do they die in the vacuum or does he relocate them? :bigears:
He keeps them. He had a bee box attached to the vacuum.

[NCC-1701]

They must have pretty big peckers for him to tell they are all males..:D

[Bill]

Got home yesterday, and saw a pretty fair wall of bees by my driveway. I also saw a few hundred bees having some type of conference in the grass. Knowing I got swarmed last year, I called a local beekeeper.
He comes out, walks into the middle of them, and informs me that the entire population of bees on the ground are male. He vacuums them up and that was that. He said they probably got kicked out of the hive and were waiting for a new queen, but she never showed up.


They were protesting bee oppression. And you profiled them, then saw fit to call in the dogs and fire hoses, then had them imprisoned. Fight the power. Fight. The. Power.

Were the bees wearing hoodies?

[Montehall]

They were protesting bee oppression. And you profiled them, then saw fit to call in the dogs and fire hoses, then had them imprisoned. Fight the power. Fight. The. Power.

Were the bees wearing hoodies?
http://wiki.hicksvilleschools.org/groups/hsbiology/wiki/5366c/images/24d5b.jpg

No.
No Skittles either.

[Sea Six]

They must have pretty big peckers for him to tell they are all males..:D

The queen is much bigger than the males.

[Yamma]

http://wiki.hicksvilleschools.org/groups/hsbiology/wiki/5366c/images/24d5b.jpg

No.
No Skittles either.

omg. :rofl:

[Montehall]

The queen is much bigger than the males.
Males don't have stingers, and their eyes are larger and tear-drop shaped.

[DukeAllen]

Did you run out and tell them to get off your lawn? :rofl:
http://images.publicradio.org/content/2008/12/19/20081219_clint_gun_33.jpg

[Datawiz]

http://wiki.hicksvilleschools.org/groups/hsbiology/wiki/5366c/images/24d5b.jpg

No.
No Skittles either.

My eyes are watering. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[onedef92]

Happened locally, too.


Massive bee colony found inside Louisville home

Posted: Jul 16, 2013 8:33 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 17, 2013 7:38 AM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) -- A massive colony of bees was found building a hive in a Louisville man's basement ceiling.

Tyler Chesser says at least 30,000 bees had formed a colony in a 4-foot space inside the walls of his home. Now, after a 3-week removal process, he hopes they're all gone.

Chesser first noticed the bees in mid-June.

"I was mowing the grass and noticed a huge swarm of bees coming in and out," said Chesser.

He didn't think much of it until a few days later when he found more bees in his basement.

That's when he called a beekeeper.

"He comes out and looks at it and says, 'yeah, you have a big problem,'" Chesser recalled.

Chesser says it took the beekeeper a total of 12 hours over three weeks to remove the hive. The beekeeper had to cut out the ceiling to expose and remove the 30,000 bees.

Chesser captured photos of part of the process, but says he didn't stick around for the dirty work.

"It was one of the most nerve wracking things I've done," Chesser said. "You walked in there and it was literally like a tattoo parlor -- buzzing everywhere -- and you're like OK, I gotta get out of here."

So why did the bees decide to set up shop in Chesser's home?

"Inside my brick and my vinyl siding, there was a small gap, a tiny gap. We had to seal that off with some foam and fiberglass and ... I don't know, they just found their way in, and it's a safe spot for them."

He's now working to patch all the holes he can find in his siding.

He says it was a stressful experience but there was one advantage.

"It was a 4-foot by 2-foot space where they had built five or six honeycombs and you pull it out and it's literally dripping in honey," said Chesser.

So the beekeeper took the bees to safety and Tyler got to keep the honey as a memento, or maybe just to enjoy.

"Local honey is good for your allergies so I'll look at it that way," Chesser said. "That's the only positive out of it."

If you think you have a bee infestation, you're encouraged to call the Kentuckiana Beekeepers Association.

They will do a professional removal and say the sooner they're discovered the better.

Massive bee colony found inside Louisville home - WDRB 41 Louisville News (http://www.wdrb.com/story/22858845/massive-bee-colony-found-inside-louisville-home)