Posted on 05/20/2019 3:00:40 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Bee populations are under threat around the world, but one house in Spain apparently provided the perfect conditions for a huge hive.
A couple in the historic southern city of Granada, in Andalusia, had been troubled by a strange buzzing noise in their house for some time -- and when things got so bad they couldn't sleep at night, they decided to take action.
Beekeeper Sergio Guerrero told CNN the couple had first noticed bees at their property around a year ago, but no one from the police, firefighters or the local council had been able to help.
When temperatures started to rise, the noise got worse -- and beehive relocation expert Guerrero, from local apitherapy company La Colmena Sanadora, was called in.
"From about three months ago there was an unbearable noise and they didn't know what to do," said Guerrero. "Just imagine!"
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who counted them all?
She leave her vibrator on?
Could not resist after seeing the headline.
They bring in autistics for that.
Bee serious!
As a retired editor, I would have kicked this story back to the reporter. Too many obvious questions unanswered.
1.) Where were the bees relocated to?
2.) What techniques were used to move them?
3.) How much honey was there and who got to keep it?
4.) How long did the procedure take?
5.) How much did it cost?
These are just five questions right off the top of my head.
Crummy reporting of a potentially fascinating story. Just what I would expect from CNN.
Well, that’s all from this old-school newspaperman.
I thought buzzing was code for something else...
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You left out the “who”
Who counted them .....
Don’t hurt them and they won’t hurt you.
Count your lucky stars, folks. Honey costs about $10/# I believe.
You just won a jackpot
My wife and I lived in a ‘rustic’ house that was little more than a shack when we first married because we could live there for free.
Water had to be hauled to us and put in an elevated tank.
Winter came, and the water line in the wall froze. So I took a propane torch and heated the line through the wall. This also had the effect of awakening a previously unknown bee hive in the wall.
Ended up having a bee keeper come and take them away.
Census bureau I suspect.
A neighbor had the same problem a few years back...
LOL. Made me laugh. :D
Sometimes if the bees and the honey can be recovered undamaged there won’t be any charge. The beekeeper who removes it can sell or use both.
But if you have tried to get rid of the bees yourself by spraying the hive with poison you are out of luck.
Had the same problem - not as many - in a house I had. Just used a vacumn cleaner as they came by my home office desk. Took about two weeks before all the workers were gone and the hive starved.
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