"Join me in removing a bee hive" It was my friend , he was on other side of the telephone link. There was huge bee hive to be removed just outside his house, this is how it started....Our aim was simple remove the hive, get the honey, and yes to do it all ourselves. "Do it ourselves" now that was a problem, we are not professional bee hive removers, and had no idea of how the process works, nor we had the clothing gear required to remove the bee hive.
The Intilization:
This is were we start to appreciate the Internet , the Google etc. We googled for some clues and found out few things which were :-
1. Remove a bee hive in evening, this is because the bee`s are less active at that time.
2. Smoke the bee`s away from the hive, and as they go away remove the hive.
The Preparation:
We picked our thick winter jacket and our bike helmet, these were only things protecting us from bee stings.
We also brought a flower pot , a cow dung cake and few cloth pieces, and some kerosene.
Cow dung cake, some cloth pieces and few drops of kerosene were placed in flower pot and were lit on fire.
The Action:
There was no electricity at my friends place, so all the action took place in focus of a torch light.
After few minutes the burning fire was put off, and we were left with smoke , we put the the pot just below the hive , slowly the bee`s started fleeing the hive. Few refused to leave , those bee`s were removed by a stick. We pulled out the hive just in time either just before the whole hive collapsed on the floor.
Sweet taste of success:
Honey was dripping out of the removed hive. We decided to taste the honey and sucked it straight from the hive, oh ya it tasted as sweetest thing on earth.
Thankfully the bee`s did not sting us. Operation was a big success. We managed to get about 1 KG of honey out of the hive. It was real adventure to do it ourselves.
Caution : It sounds easy but it`s not, a small mistake can put your life in danger.
5 comments:
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so did u keep some honey for us or did u eat all of it?
impressive...you are a bee hive remover now...aur kya aata hai? plumbing? wiring? we might need some help for them too...I hope you will be available for us :P
@Bhargavi: Yes there is lot of honey, don't worry there is share for everyone ;)
@Bhavin: Yes Bhavin I can do all of the mentioned, it just that I am the costliest worker therefore people don't hire me for such jobs :).
The work seems very adventurous.. and congrats for that. but sounds little skeptics.. i mean no proof of you actually conquering the bee hive(at least one photo of after scenario).
Any way I respect the work u have done (assuming u really have done it) and hope u would not continue with such dreadful work (i still wonder what will happen to those poor little harmless creatures :))
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