David L. Glover is also known as the Bartlett Bee Whisperer. Just this past week, he shared the story of the biggest beehive he’s ever removed. It was in a house that was built in 1924, and there had been bees reported in the walls for 50 years. Glover thought he might see as much as eight feet of honeycomb, but before he was through, he had found 30 feet!
“No one is aware of the size of their honey beehive,” The Bee Whisperer told us that people are shocked by how big the hives are. “They are all surprised because they are expecting something the size of a wasp nest or hornet’s nest. The infrared gives them the first clue, but that’s only the brood combs of the hive. The babies are incubated at 94.5 degrees Fahrenheit [34.7 degrees Celsius]. Any honeycombs in the hive are cooler and usually don’t show on the IR.”
To get to the hive, Glover had to remove the outer clapboard of the house. Once he did, clues led him to finding more and more of the hive. Read the story of the 30-foot beehive at Bored Panda.
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Start with the crotch and work up!
I puts the jerky on the skin?