Home & Garden
6,000 Bees Found In Wall Of Omaha Home
"If you put your ears to the wall you could hear the buzzing," the homeowner told the Omaha World-Herald.
OMAHA, NE — A man cuts a square into a plaster wall. One bee emerges through the crack. Then, the man loosens the plaster and pulls away the cutout to reveal thousands of bees in the wall behind a layer of boarding.
That wall, captured for posterity and uploaded to the Gilly’s Gold beekeeping YouTube channel, belongs to Thomas and Marylu Gouttierre, who recently learned they had been hosting some 6,000 pollinator houseguests, according to the Omaha World-Herald.
“If you put your ears to the wall you could hear the buzzing,” Thomas Gouttierre told the World-Herald.
Find out what's happening in Omahafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The couple called on Gilly’s Gold’s Ryan Gilligan and Larry Cottle, from Countryside Acres Aviary, to safely relocate the bees, the World-Herald reported.
The hive was on the second floor of the house and formed when bees entered through a hole in the bricks, according to the description accompanying Gilligan’s YouTube video, which shows the bees being gently vaccuumed up and their combs removed.
Find out what's happening in Omahafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Honey bees typically swarm in April and May, according to the Omaha Bee Club.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
