A beekeeper found 60,000 bees in a cabin in Utah, according to a May 5 PJ Star report. The honeybees were located inside an A-frame cabin in Eden, Utah.
Amazingly, the 60,000 bees in the cabin began making their hive in 1996. The homeowners did not even really notice the bees had made their home in the space between the ceiling and the rafters. Of course, the cabin was rarely used, but the homeowners had to stay there while building another house, so they decided to remove the bees and called Deseret Hive Supply.
Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman said,
"We figure we got 15 pounds of bees out of there. It's the biggest one I've ever seen. I've never seen one that big."
The 15 pounds is about 60,000 bees in the Utah cabin. The honeycombs Vic Bachman removed were 12 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 16 inches deep inside the home's rafters. The great news is that the beekeeper was able to save the bees, and he even retrieved the queen bee, so the hive will survive. It cost the homeowners $600 to remove the bees. The hive was so big, it took six hours to remove it.
The fact that the hive survived is good news because the honeybee population is in decline throughout the world. These bees pollinate flowers, so helping save a hive is important. The beekeeper reassembled the hive, and it is doing well in his yard.
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