Bee Remover Posts What He Found After Removing The Bricks From A Client’s Home, And His Photos Go Viral
Some naughty bees really need to behive! Imagine the nerve, building nests inside the walls of houses rather than in remote areas in the countryside. And this time they hid so well, even pest control couldn’t kill them. The desperate homeowner had no other options, so he called in David L. Glover aka The Bartlett Bee Whisperer.
The Bartlett Bee Whisperer is a honey bee rescue and relocation service in a few Mid-Eastern/Southern States (West Tennessee, East Arkansas, and North Mississippi). After the Bee Whisperer rescues the bees, he then uses them to repopulate empty hive boxes for local beekeepers who have suffered colony losses.
“First I identify that they are indeed honey bees,” David told Bored Panda. “You’d be surprised how many people don’t know the difference between Bees and wasps or yellow jackets. I then locate the hive using forward-looking infrared. Step by step the area of the home is opened, and all combs removed. Brood combs are rubber banded into hive frames and honey goes into a bucket (as long as the bees have never been sprayed). If the homeowner is willing to eat a piece of comb with me, it’s probably never been sprayed. The bees who do not follow the combs into the new hive box are vacuumed into a two-stage vacuum. They are added back to the new hive once they are set up in their new yard.”
“No one is aware of the size of their honey bee hive,” he added. “They are all surprised because they are expecting something the size of a wasp nest or hornet’s nest. The infrared gives them the first clue, but that’s only the brood combs of the hive. The babies are incubated at 94.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Any honey combs in the hive are cooler and usually don’t show on the IR.”
David has been doing this for 9 years. This time, however, even the experienced professional was intrigued. So much so that he decided to document everything and post it to Facebook. There, his story has been liked by nearly 50,000 people in just a few days. Continue scrolling and check out how everything unfolded! Just don’t forget your veil. You’ll need it.
More info: thebartlettbeewhisperer.com | Facebook
A honey bee rescue and relocation organization has shared its latest mission, and it has been liked by nearly 50,000 people in just a few days
I'll just leave this here https://youtu.be/22Jer74lipY . Word.
Load More Replies...I wish rescue was the first option people would go with versus extermination. Bees are essential and killing them is just wrong.
Whoa! That is a BIG hive to have in your walls. I had mining bees living in the paving next to my front door that was fun to dodge one summer but they didn't return (don't know if that's normal or not) - glad it wasn't something like this.
Had a similar problem with Cicada Killers one year. Imagine a 'hornet' that can carry a cicada/locust. They dig holes in soft ground and put cicadas in them then try to find a lady that appreciates his skills.
Load More Replies...DO NOT KILL BEES DO NOT SPRAY THEM WITH "PEST CONTROL" PLEASE _DO_ CALL YOUR LOCAL BEEKEEPER'S ASSOCIATION TO FIND SOMEONE TO REMOVE THEM SAFELY And bees do not just belong in the "remote countryside". It's wasps and hornets that sting; bees themselves don't usually unless they're sure the hive is threatened.
Bees aren't that horrible - and they can be relocated unlike a lot of pests, their just looking for somewhere to setup shop.
This is here where I live! So cool. So glad they were able to relocate them safely!
Absolutely amazing work! How much patience and care it must have taken. Well done sir, well done.
i really wish this story had an epilogue, maybe a picture of the bees going to their new home, maybe a picture of the wall once repaired.
I didn't take any pictures, but I have a picture in my mind of the bees following the young man's pickup truck as he drove away from the house. He had found the queen and the rest of the bees just followed. It was amazing.
Load More Replies...Bees are essential to the production of fruit and many kinds of vegetables. They are the king and queen of pollinators. The first rule should be to always relocate them if it is at all possible. Neonicotinoids, another Monsanto monster ought to be made illegal planet-wide! Read more here: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/european-agency-concludes-controversial-neonic-pesticides-threaten-bees
How did the hive find such a perfect place to set up? I know there are scouts, and the queen moves in to start the colony, but still!? Protected by a brick wall, with an entrance and exit that is perfectly camoflagued!!
When you add a chimney to a house you have to knock out a brick here and there as you go up the wall to "tie in" the structure or it will just come away from the wall in time. It was one of those removed bricks that was left open since my husband wasn't able to finished the job. The bees came in that way.
Load More Replies...I'll just leave this here https://youtu.be/22Jer74lipY . Word.
Load More Replies...I wish rescue was the first option people would go with versus extermination. Bees are essential and killing them is just wrong.
Whoa! That is a BIG hive to have in your walls. I had mining bees living in the paving next to my front door that was fun to dodge one summer but they didn't return (don't know if that's normal or not) - glad it wasn't something like this.
Had a similar problem with Cicada Killers one year. Imagine a 'hornet' that can carry a cicada/locust. They dig holes in soft ground and put cicadas in them then try to find a lady that appreciates his skills.
Load More Replies...DO NOT KILL BEES DO NOT SPRAY THEM WITH "PEST CONTROL" PLEASE _DO_ CALL YOUR LOCAL BEEKEEPER'S ASSOCIATION TO FIND SOMEONE TO REMOVE THEM SAFELY And bees do not just belong in the "remote countryside". It's wasps and hornets that sting; bees themselves don't usually unless they're sure the hive is threatened.
Bees aren't that horrible - and they can be relocated unlike a lot of pests, their just looking for somewhere to setup shop.
This is here where I live! So cool. So glad they were able to relocate them safely!
Absolutely amazing work! How much patience and care it must have taken. Well done sir, well done.
i really wish this story had an epilogue, maybe a picture of the bees going to their new home, maybe a picture of the wall once repaired.
I didn't take any pictures, but I have a picture in my mind of the bees following the young man's pickup truck as he drove away from the house. He had found the queen and the rest of the bees just followed. It was amazing.
Load More Replies...Bees are essential to the production of fruit and many kinds of vegetables. They are the king and queen of pollinators. The first rule should be to always relocate them if it is at all possible. Neonicotinoids, another Monsanto monster ought to be made illegal planet-wide! Read more here: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/european-agency-concludes-controversial-neonic-pesticides-threaten-bees
How did the hive find such a perfect place to set up? I know there are scouts, and the queen moves in to start the colony, but still!? Protected by a brick wall, with an entrance and exit that is perfectly camoflagued!!
When you add a chimney to a house you have to knock out a brick here and there as you go up the wall to "tie in" the structure or it will just come away from the wall in time. It was one of those removed bricks that was left open since my husband wasn't able to finished the job. The bees came in that way.
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