There’s a famous bee catcher in the US and his latest call is something!
In the US, there is a well-known service for catching bees that have settled comfortably in human dwellings, called The Bartlett Bee Whisperer. When called, an experienced specialist urgently goes to the place of bee tyranny and catches the honey-producing rascals. But he does not simply destroy their settlement, but transfers it to special hives and gives it to local beekeepers.
And his latest challenge is something! A post with a photo report about the work Bartlett did on the wall of an American family’s house collected 84 thousand likes and 115 thousand reposts! And there was no reason for such excitement.
Bartlett of Bartlett, the Bee Master, traps bees wherever they nest
But the latest incident surprised even him! It was obvious that the pest control agents (not nearly as skilled as Bartlett) had failed to deal with this bee colony.
Every now and then I get a call that makes me cringe. Sometimes the bees are high up, and sometimes they are hiding in the bricks. I like to be as gentle as possible when removing honey bees from buildings. I don’t like removing bricks. What if all the bricks fall? Will the honeycomb be used by the bees after the bricks are removed? As much as I was terrified of removing them this time, the final appearance of the hive was AMAZING! The homeowner was more than happy that we were able to move the bees and their hive out of his wall.
Bees entered the wall of this house through a gap between the bricks
And also through the gap between the bricks and the corner of the window.
This thermal image shows the vast territory the invading bees have occupied.
The small red spot is the very place through which the bees enter.
After the smoke treatment, Bartlett sprayed Honey Bandit into a specially made hole.
All this to prevent the bees from running around the hive when it’s time to drill the wall with a hammer drill.
This is what is hidden under the first brick
The further the matter went, the more frightening the picture became apparent.
The bees built a whole city behind this wall!
Well, there you go! The honeycombs weren’t attached to the removed bricks, and underneath we saw THIS
According to Bartlett, it is one of the largest pieces of honeycomb that he, an experienced beekeeper, has seen in his life.
The lower part contained 5 of the 13 honeycombs where the queen bees were raised.
On the left side of the hive, Bartlett found a large number of dead bees.
This is where pest control agents are thought to have attempted to kill the entire colony. But the wax prevented the pesticide from spreading.
In the middle vertical line of the hive, the honeycombs were arranged randomly
And their removal in the middle part was very difficult.
It looks like those same wrestlers spilled acid in this part.
“And no, that’s not an angel on my shoulder. That’s a happy swarm of bees singing in my ear.”
The bees were very determined to resist the righteous work of the specialist.
While Bartlett was clearing the wall, he set up a box to allow all the parts of the hive and its inhabitants to reach their new home.
Made!
A dark spot on the wall is a trace of thousands of little paws. It is not for nothing that all mothers in the world teach their children to always wipe their feet before entering the house: “You’ve left your mark here again!”
