Too many honey bees in one area can have a negative effect on native bee populations.
When honeybees invaded Sarah Kliff's house, nobody wanted to help her get rid of them. And she, too, wanted to save the bees. But when she started digging into it, she discovered something that shocked her — honeybees don’t need our protection.
The interlopers turned out to be honeybees who had come through a gap in her roof and infested her attic. And,Exterminators wouldn't lay a finger on the insects. Beekeepers declined to take them off her hands. Meanwhile, her neighbours were begging her to save the bees. Nevertheless, when Kliff called an exterminator, she was told it's illegal to spray honeybees in D.C. In fact, she learned that 30 states have similar laws to protect pollinators.
"They're getting a product," she said. "They're getting a free swarm that they can take back and put into a box, then they can take care of the bees and get the honey out of it."Honeybees live in massive colonies of tens of thousands of workers and one queen. And when they run out of space, they generate a new queen and split into two groups.
The idea, she says, was to make sure no bees returned to their swarm to waggle. And it appears to have worked, she said.
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