Bees!
I swear you’ll know by the following story that I simply can’t make this stuff up…
Recently I received a call from a tenant who let me know that while her son was mowing the lawn (and it’s about time too) he ran into a “cloud” of bees coming and going from the base of a metal storage shed in the backyard of their rental property.
Due to the well publicized bee shortage, I didn’t want to eradicate them. Also, I enjoy raw honey with my tea every morning so killing the bees would just seem counter-productive.
I called my local apiary (bee farm) owner to ask his advice. He let me know that these sheds usually have joists in the floor which the bees happily use to build a hive. He said that I would have to tilt the shed (or cut through the floor) to get at the hive to remove it. Also, I could attempt this myself or pay him $150 to do the dirty work. Sold! For $150 to the bee man!
Now, as soon as my tenant clears all the junk she’s stored in the shed, this process can begin. This probably means that her lease will end before the bees get evicted.
