A deepening dispute over bees

[Stavros]

Some bees just can't resist a special offer...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...n-9387110.html

[sukumvit boy]

I had a similar experience back in the 90's.
One morning ,half asleep , I went into the kitchen to make coffee and was surprised to see a few bees on the inside of the drapes at the window.
As I was preparing the coffee and musing over how they could have come in , I noticed a faint buzzing sound coming from the vicinity of that window and the kitchen exhaust fan hood. When I walked over and peeked under the hood I was shocked to see about 50 bees and the buzzing sound was much louder. When I opened the drapes I saw hundreds of bees swarming against the outside of the building and the window.
Turns out , a queen bee had decided that the exhaust duct , over which the screen had become partially detached , was a good place to set up a new colony.
Fortunately , found a company that specialized in this sort if thing. They came and vacuumed the bees out and relocated the bees and their queen , probably to a commercial bee keeper and thus collecting a fee at each end of the transaction.

[Stavros]

It is good to know that you did not panic, and that there, as with the London incident, efforts were made to re-locate the colony rather than destroy them. We should probably be more lenient to spiders too, I think they get a rough deal from households.

[Prospero]

I had a wasps nest once in my garden. Called the exterminator and ia very inexperienced young guy arrived in full protection kit. I watched from indoors as he prodded the nest and then dropped his tool and fled in horror across the garden to the french windows pursued by a very large swarm of angry wasps. I think I managed to get him safely into the house along with a dozen or so wasps.The rest buzzed angrily outside for quite a while.

[Stavros]

Bees make honey, wasps make trouble. I know which I prefer. No wasps last summer in the UK was a blessing.

[Prospero]

I love bees.....god bless them

[martin48]

Wasps get an unjustified bad press. They do have their uses in the grand scheme - prey on lots of nasty other insects that destroy crops, provide a food source for many bird species and, probably, help to create some of the world's finest wines.

[Stavros]

Thanks -I never really thought about wasps except as a nuisance, I just wish they would spend more time hunting grubs and less time trying to smear my food with vomit.

[sukumvit boy]

Yes... but spiders must die!