Ding Dong the Bees are Gone!

So this is a continuation of my previous story about the thousands of new little friends we have staying with us. The bee guy came back this morning and started right to work. You know that show on the Discovery Channel..."Dirty Jobs"? We love that show! We came to find out that our bee guy Jerry was on that show a year ago. He totally reminded me of the guy on Dirty Jobs too! They came out and filmed with him and helped out with all the mess of cleaning up after bees! Let me tell you it was definitely a mess! They first cut a small square from the wall and then he realized this was much bigger than he thought.

He kept cutting squares out until there was no more hive. Can you believe that?! That whole thing is filled with honey combs.

He had to keep cutting over for about 5 feet. It was such a mess! We just sat in our kids room looking out the window in total amazement that this was all in the wall. He was pulling all the combs out and scraping/scooping all the bees and honey onto this tarp. When all was said and done the hive/honey combs weighed about 125 pounds. The hive had been in there for almost a year! I asked him how many bees he thought were up in there and get this...15,000!!!!

He was cool enough to take pictures for me while he was back there. Here he is holding up some honey combs. When they were done they carried all the stuff in a tarp and put it in a big garbage bag. Dave picked up the bag to see how heavy it really was...he was surprised...it was HEAVY! We asked them if the honey was any good and they said no. Now I won't feel guilty about all the honey going to waste because it was poison anyway. Apparently you don't ever want to eat honey that is made from bees in the city. You want country bees. I'm just glad they are all out. Just another day in the life of a BeeKeeper.