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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow we know where all the bees have gone
3 million bees seized from Queens, N.Y., man's home
Approximately 3 million bees were found swarming around a man's Queens, N.Y., home on Wednesday night, and were confiscated -- to the relief of his neighbors.
Yi Gin Chen had beehives packed into the backyard -- about 45 hives in total, said Andrew Cote, president of the New York City Beekeepers Association. Cote said Chen, a beekeeper in his native China, had contacted the beekeepers' association earlier in the month for help with the bees because he was trying to sell his Corona, Queens, home.
Chen allegedly started with one hive a couple years ago, and the insects kept multiplying, reported the New York Daily News.
Its gotten out of hand, Chen told The Daily News Wednesday night as New York City Police Department officials and volunteers from the Beekeepers Association collected the bees. I dont have the time or resources to do this.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/23/13435771-3-million-bees-seized-from-queens-ny-mans-home?lite
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Now we know where all the bees have gone (Original Post)
CatWoman
Aug 2012
OP
Locally they just pulled 125lbs of honeycomb out of a 2'sq. area housing approx. 125K bees.
Lone_Star_Dem
Aug 2012
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hedgehog
(36,286 posts)1. Good thin g he was into bees and not dogs or cats!
rock
(13,218 posts)3. Or rattlesnakes
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)2. Locally they just pulled 125lbs of honeycomb out of a 2'sq. area housing approx. 125K bees.
I wonder how many lbs of honeycomb this man has?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. On the plus side, he did provide a sanctuary for them.