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...To be an excellent bee-keeper, you must have honeybee skills AND masonry skills!
I have just about controlled my lifelong phobia of bees ( too similar to wasps) to the extent I can catch one and release it. Once had a shared entrance in a cavity wall home to both masonary bees and a wasps nest The bees were harmless - but the wasps were a nightmare - the entire inside of the wall was buzzing if you put your ear to it
I got stung by a wasp once - my finger turned into a small aubergine
Load More Replies...I lived on a farm and had a bee colony in my house also. They were coming into my bedroom from a hole my husband made when putting up a chimney for our new fireplace. He died before finishing the job. The bees were coming in there. I got a young man who was just starting a bee business. He was thrilled to have that whole hive and I was thrilled to get rid of them. The chimney has since been completed.
I'm fascinated by how some people are really good at their jobs! Kudos buddy..
Thank you for taking them alive! I lose it when people just hire the cheapest exterminators to do the job. Too bad the honey wasn't viable (I'm guessing) due to the pesticides and possibly location.
Impressive, but I could not do that job, even if paid hefty. I'd simply run. Run. Ruuuuuuun!
It actually seems like an exciting and soul-satisfying job.
Load More Replies...Thank goodness for these brave bee saviors. If we loose bees we loose 30% of our food. No bees=no life!
NEVER kill bees with pesticide! This is much better solution, safely relocate them somewhere else. I try not to kill any living creature as much as I can (though spiders in my home are getting overpopulated lately), but bees are endangered and we need them.
This isn’t a lie this is me trying to break free of the way I’m treated. I don’t quite know how to put this but these men say the most degrading s**t you wouldn’t hear from hitler. That’s not love that’s not a relationship it’s RATINGS
...and the poor bees thought they were safe, living in a brick house. :)
I remember seeing a news story about a house in which bees had built their home into the attic and walls. It was even bigger than this one and the excess honey was dripping down the walls. The bee remover said the smell was nearly overpowering but the homeowner was elderly and had almost no sense of smell. They knew that there bees in the attic but were willing to live alongside them in peace. But the dripping honey attracted ants. LOTS of ants. And that was a step too far.
This is freaking awesome! Lovely to see how kind and respectful he is to the bees!
It was really interesting to see how a real professional bee whisperer operates so carefully and was able to save and relocate the hive.
Hives are beautiful. Honey bees create our food. Love the honey bee.
so interesting and amazing to see it all in one piece! If the bees were not entering my house, I would have placed a piece of plexiglass to observe them on the side of my house.
great action, bees are the reason we are still a life on this planet
WOW! In AZ, they cant remove them like this because we mostly have stucco, not removable bricks. I am glad we caught our bees before they made a hive. Only about 100 bees and they were only in the roof for about 3 days. I still cried when they died. I did not expect to. We only spotted them because we were about to put up Halloween decorations last year.
My husbands office is a 2-story building. They had to wait to move to the second floor because of renovations. During that time, they discovered honey bees in the rafters under the roof. The whole office got the day off as an expert beekeeper came in and removed the hive a chunk at a time to save as many bees as he could. After they were gone, everyone realized the humming sound that they'd been hearing all that time was the bees and not the air conditioning as some people thought.
I deliver post to a small area where an underground hive of honey bees is happily flying around. I've had a few people living there think I would be scared and let me know they won't sting me. Apparently they pop out of the ground for a few months every year and then head back under for the cold months. An elderly lady mistook me trying not to step on any low-flying ones for fear today. I was just telling them to be careful as I walked down the path to deliver the mail.
Nicely done dude, props to ya! We need to be protecting all species since we are supposedly superior, if it’s not for us who will take care of our planet and ensure its survival, which bees are key to anyway!
Though I am allergic to bee stings, I find the animal fascinating. This was too cool.
Here is a video of the removal. I was interested in finding out where the bees were relocated and the beekeeper took them to live at his hives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tn3Nc69lvA&t=2s Bee-5bb4d1...34-png.jpg
WOW! Thank you for saving the honey bees. I'm allergic to bees, but love having them around my flowers. They are amazing creatures. Thank you, thank you!
Wow!!! that is amazing!! Credit to the beekeeper for doing an amazing job!!
That was a very interesting article! We lack bees all around the world and we need to save them at any cost.
O...M...G. Talk about nightmare fuel. GOD bless those guys for the work they do. I'd have taken off, nuked the site from orbit. Only way to be sure.
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...To be an excellent bee-keeper, you must have honeybee skills AND masonry skills!
I have just about controlled my lifelong phobia of bees ( too similar to wasps) to the extent I can catch one and release it. Once had a shared entrance in a cavity wall home to both masonary bees and a wasps nest The bees were harmless - but the wasps were a nightmare - the entire inside of the wall was buzzing if you put your ear to it
I got stung by a wasp once - my finger turned into a small aubergine
Load More Replies...I lived on a farm and had a bee colony in my house also. They were coming into my bedroom from a hole my husband made when putting up a chimney for our new fireplace. He died before finishing the job. The bees were coming in there. I got a young man who was just starting a bee business. He was thrilled to have that whole hive and I was thrilled to get rid of them. The chimney has since been completed.
I'm fascinated by how some people are really good at their jobs! Kudos buddy..
Thank you for taking them alive! I lose it when people just hire the cheapest exterminators to do the job. Too bad the honey wasn't viable (I'm guessing) due to the pesticides and possibly location.
Impressive, but I could not do that job, even if paid hefty. I'd simply run. Run. Ruuuuuuun!
It actually seems like an exciting and soul-satisfying job.
Load More Replies...Thank goodness for these brave bee saviors. If we loose bees we loose 30% of our food. No bees=no life!
NEVER kill bees with pesticide! This is much better solution, safely relocate them somewhere else. I try not to kill any living creature as much as I can (though spiders in my home are getting overpopulated lately), but bees are endangered and we need them.
This isn’t a lie this is me trying to break free of the way I’m treated. I don’t quite know how to put this but these men say the most degrading s**t you wouldn’t hear from hitler. That’s not love that’s not a relationship it’s RATINGS
...and the poor bees thought they were safe, living in a brick house. :)
I remember seeing a news story about a house in which bees had built their home into the attic and walls. It was even bigger than this one and the excess honey was dripping down the walls. The bee remover said the smell was nearly overpowering but the homeowner was elderly and had almost no sense of smell. They knew that there bees in the attic but were willing to live alongside them in peace. But the dripping honey attracted ants. LOTS of ants. And that was a step too far.
This is freaking awesome! Lovely to see how kind and respectful he is to the bees!
It was really interesting to see how a real professional bee whisperer operates so carefully and was able to save and relocate the hive.
Hives are beautiful. Honey bees create our food. Love the honey bee.
so interesting and amazing to see it all in one piece! If the bees were not entering my house, I would have placed a piece of plexiglass to observe them on the side of my house.
great action, bees are the reason we are still a life on this planet
WOW! In AZ, they cant remove them like this because we mostly have stucco, not removable bricks. I am glad we caught our bees before they made a hive. Only about 100 bees and they were only in the roof for about 3 days. I still cried when they died. I did not expect to. We only spotted them because we were about to put up Halloween decorations last year.
My husbands office is a 2-story building. They had to wait to move to the second floor because of renovations. During that time, they discovered honey bees in the rafters under the roof. The whole office got the day off as an expert beekeeper came in and removed the hive a chunk at a time to save as many bees as he could. After they were gone, everyone realized the humming sound that they'd been hearing all that time was the bees and not the air conditioning as some people thought.
I deliver post to a small area where an underground hive of honey bees is happily flying around. I've had a few people living there think I would be scared and let me know they won't sting me. Apparently they pop out of the ground for a few months every year and then head back under for the cold months. An elderly lady mistook me trying not to step on any low-flying ones for fear today. I was just telling them to be careful as I walked down the path to deliver the mail.
Nicely done dude, props to ya! We need to be protecting all species since we are supposedly superior, if it’s not for us who will take care of our planet and ensure its survival, which bees are key to anyway!
Though I am allergic to bee stings, I find the animal fascinating. This was too cool.
Here is a video of the removal. I was interested in finding out where the bees were relocated and the beekeeper took them to live at his hives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tn3Nc69lvA&t=2s Bee-5bb4d1...34-png.jpg
WOW! Thank you for saving the honey bees. I'm allergic to bees, but love having them around my flowers. They are amazing creatures. Thank you, thank you!
Wow!!! that is amazing!! Credit to the beekeeper for doing an amazing job!!
That was a very interesting article! We lack bees all around the world and we need to save them at any cost.
O...M...G. Talk about nightmare fuel. GOD bless those guys for the work they do. I'd have taken off, nuked the site from orbit. Only way to be sure.
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