Intricate operation as colony of 30,000 bees removed from inside wall

Intricate operation as colony of 30,000 bees removed from inside wall

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A professional filmed their intricate operation as the removed a colony of around 30,000 bees that had chewed through a wall at a home in Currumbin Valley, Australia.

Scott Whitaker from Hinterland Bees set up a camera as he cut into the wall revealing the hidden beehive.

"When bees chewed through the wall sheeting and started coming into the room, it was time to call a professional bee remover. It is not unusual for bees to move into wall and ceiling cavities. Come springtime, their population can explode to 80,000, and they can start storing away many kilos of honey," said the filmer.

They added: "Removing an established bee nest from a wall cavity involves vacuuming up the tens of thousands of bees in the search for the queen. As the bee numbers are reduced, the brood comb, which contains thousands of baby bees and the next generation, is painstakingly cut out and put into beehive frames inside the bees' new home. The honeycomb is carefully removed to be fed back to the colony at the end of the job.

"Once the queen is found, she is marked with a paint marker and caged for her safety. She is then placed into her new home to wait out the removal process.

"Hinterland Bees' specially designed bee vacuum does not harm the bees. They are sucked into a modified beehive box and reunited with their queen and the cut-out brood frames at the conclusion of the job.

"This colony of bees numbered about 30,000 and took about 5 hours of work to remove. They were relocated to a quarantine apiary where they were monitored for pests and diseases. They are nurtured and allowed to settle into their new beehive home, where they will become a honey-producing colony under the watchful eye of a qualified beekeeper."

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