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Un-bee-lievable! Bees swarm, create ‘hive-drant’ in Manhattan

Police got a call about the swarm amassing on a fire hydrant in front of 958 E. Third Ave. — between East 57th and East 58th streets — around 2:11 p.m.

nypost.com

 

[Capttomo]

We used to handle that with AFFF foam…, killed them instantly…. Now we can’t do that anymore. Have to call a professional beekeeper who smokes them into a coma and scoops them up and relocated them

 

[raybrag]

Cheapest way for a beekeeper to populate a new hive . . . capture a swarm. But it's work. With the crisis in beekeeping (beekeepers lose 30-40% of their hives overwintering due to varroa mites and other issues), it's bad to kill swarms. After all . . . bees are vital to vegetable and fruit growers . . . they pollinate all kinds of stuff you never thought about. From an ex-beekeeper.

 

[Capttomo]

Thanks Ray for the info and knowledge. Stay safe

 

[mack]

Ouch. City will be stung with cost for bee removal. Price may swell due to Manhattan location. Cop may have a honey of a time. Better bee careful.

 

[Capttomo]

Ouch. City will be stung with cost for bee removal. Price may swell due to Manhattan location. Cop may have a honey of a time. Better bee careful.

🤦‍♂️ Lol

 

[Disp51]

NYPD actually has bee keeper cops available to respond

NYPD beekeepers relocate thousands of bees swarming around World Trade Center

The NYPD's beekeeper unit is making quite the buzz

www.police1.com

 

[Capttomo]

Learn something everyday!! Thanks

 

[entropychaser]

Reportedly, there are beekeepers and beehives on roofs of buildings all over Manhattan. One beehive in Red Hook was producing red honey. Turned out it was near Dell's Maraschino Cherries Co. on Dikeman Street.

 

[raybrag]

Honey is funny stuff. Its color depends almost entirely on what flowers were used by the bees to produce it. When we had hives, the farmer just down the road planted more than a thousand acres of cotton (he usually planted corn). Our honey that year was almost clear.

 

[3511]

Cheapest way for a beekeeper to populate a new hive . . . capture a swarm. But it's work. With the crisis in beekeeping (beekeepers lose 30-40% of their hives overwintering due to varroa mites and other issues), it's bad to kill swarms. After all . . . bees are vital to vegetable and fruit growers . . . they pollinate all kinds of stuff you never thought about. From an ex-beekeeper.

Oh jeez...just get them off the hydrant...

 

[entropychaser]

Oh jeez...just get them off the hydrant...

I forgot to mention; in addition to the cherries and the No. 2 red dye, when raided by the federales, Dell's was running the biggest pot farm operation in NYC.

 

[Bulldog]

I forgot to mention; in addition to the cherries and the No. 2 red dye, when raided by the federales, Dell's was running the biggest pot farm operation in NYC.

That was probably some great honey!

 

[mack]

Police remove 8,000 bees from Manhattan building

LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) — An NYPD detective captured and removed 8,000 honeybees from the side of 3 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan late Saturday night, police said. The swarm of bees w…

pix11.com

Questions:

Were these bees armed and dangerous?
Were they all male?
Did they have their rights read to them?
Did the DA charge them?
Did they make bail?

 

[mack]

Seriously:

 

[mack]

Tennessee FFs and bees

https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/documents/pb1522.pdf

 

[skiLB]

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Un-bee-lievable! Bees swarm, create ‘hive-drant’ in Manhattan

Police got a call about the swarm amassing on a fire hydrant in front of 958 E. Third Ave. — between East 57th and East 58th streets — around 2:11 p.m.

nypost.com

Holy beehive! 😊