Before it was over, Collings removed 55,000 - 65,000 bees from the wall of the home. Collins said it would have taken the bees about eight months to build the hive, according to The Guardian.
Funny, they quote the guardian, which only states "50000 bees or more".
For reference, a mature colony of honey bees usually numbers around 40,000. That's 1.5 colonies of bees.
I had to deal with this but with wasps, ended up doing something similar to the "the wasp factory"
Is 60000 bees a lot? Also, how does one estimate the amount of bees?
In the summer, those stacks of wooden boxes beekeepers use can contain around 60k bees. It's a quite normal amount of bees in a bee hive. When it gets colder and the season ends it goes down to maybe 20k bees. At least that's what a bee keeper told me once. We were looking at returning bees who were not let in by the guard bees because they were not needed anymore.
You can’t sleep now. There are monsters nearby.
The Guardian counted 50000 only. Any higher bids?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/north-carolina-bees-house-wall
What about 65000?
Funny, they quote the guardian, which only states "50000 bees or more".
55,000 to 65,000 feral bees
Checks out. Swarm of bees is in the monster manual
Quick, somebody call Dr. Bees!
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the headline reads like it came from The Onion
For reference, a mature colony of honey bees usually numbers around 40,000. That's 1.5 colonies of bees.
I had to deal with this but with wasps, ended up doing something similar to the "the wasp factory"
Is 60000 bees a lot? Also, how does one estimate the amount of bees?
In the summer, those stacks of wooden boxes beekeepers use can contain around 60k bees. It's a quite normal amount of bees in a bee hive. When it gets colder and the season ends it goes down to maybe 20k bees. At least that's what a bee keeper told me once. We were looking at returning bees who were not let in by the guard bees because they were not needed anymore.
So she was wrong. I knew it
They didn't want to deal with the bees.
I'M GOING TO RELEASE THE BEES!
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