Friday, May 9, 2014
NYPD sucks up bee swarm in Astoria
From CBS New York:
The NYPD rounded up thousands of bees that flew from their hive atop a Queens home Wednesday.
A witness told WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman the bees were “swarming all over the block” in Astoria.
“I guess one of the queen bees got out,” said Brian Poor, one of the beekeeper’s neighbors. “The whole nest followed.”
When police showed up and found thousands of bees swarming around 28th Street they shut the block down. The NYPD’s on-call beekeeper came with a vacuum and sucked up the swarm into a cage.
7 comments:
His local honey is a good cure for many pollen allergies. His neighbors should line up and buy his honey instead of the over the counter pharmaceutical drugs that just mask the symptoms.
CBS2 kind of mangled that last line; should have been "Keep on BEE-keepin' on."
Good and bad with nature:
yes about the allergies, and it tastes good too!
bad because bees swarm and you will now have this a permanent part of our urban landscape.
See what I've been saying? Black and yellow taking over Queens. Good job NYPD!
Bring 'em to borough hall!
What about those sons of Bs politicians in cahoots with developers?
Round up that swarm FBI!
Can we pump those bees into the next CB1 meeting?
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