Colin Burbridge, 45, called a local workman when his central heating system stopped working just five months after being installed at his company's office in Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
But after opening up the boiler, the pair were stunned to find it was infested with thousands of bees.
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Time to run in the opposite direction
[sp]Even though bees are mostly harmless[/sp]
Imagine opening this up. Holy shit.
Technology: 0
Mother Nature: 1
checkmate
holy shit that is [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/"]fucking incredible[/URL]. I would be scared as fuck seeing that in my house
Aren't bee populations in a bit of trouble? I hope they relocated them to a farm or something.
Edit: read all the article, they are.
I think we've found a solution to our bee population problem.
All I'm imagining is someone trying to take a shower and having a steady flow of bees come shooting out of the showerhead, even though that wouldn't work in any possible way
[QUOTE=Karmah;45085657]All I'm imagining is someone trying to take a shower and having a steady flow of bees come shooting out of the showerhead, even though that wouldn't work in any possible way[/QUOTE]
I think that's actually been depicted in Tom and Jerry once before but I can't seem to find a video showcasing that scene.
[QUOTE=Karmah;45085657]All I'm imagining is someone trying to take a shower and having a steady flow of bees come shooting out of the showerhead, even though that wouldn't work in any possible way[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;PYtXuBN1Hvc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc[/video]
What's that? An overabundance of BEES in the boiler!?
MY SUITCASE FULL OF BEES OUGHT TO SOLVE THIS!
I never realized how busy beekeepers actually are. This coupled with that huge bee truck that flipped over, has opened my eyes to how much beekeepers are actually doing besides collecting honey.
[QUOTE=Karmah;45085657]All I'm imagining is someone trying to take a shower and having a steady flow of bees come shooting out of the showerhead, even though that wouldn't work in any possible way[/QUOTE]
THE HOSE ALSO SHOOTS BEES, EVERYTHING IS BEES AAARGGHH
So that's where they all went!
My buddy had a hive living in an old "sun room" attached to his house. He said it was the best honey he's ever had (after the guy came to remove and relocate them of course).....
Oh god, I somehow managed to read the title as "15000 beers"
I was trying to get my head around how large his boiler must've been
At least they were bees and not wasps.
Did they count the bees?
I'd request immediate evacuation of the area if I saw that.
And I'd have to go change my clothes.
This boiler has a Bee approval rating.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;45086193]My buddy had a hive living in an old "sun room" attached to his house. He said it was the best honey he's ever had (after the guy came to remove and relocate them of course).....[/QUOTE]
It is pretty good honey. It tastes pretty much like flowers.
We had a colony living in a pillar on our front porch. It was like a redneck alarm system. We had beekeepers remove them and they gave us their honey.
I don't get it.
Did he hear it [I]buzzing[/I] and decided to check it out?
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[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;45085563]Time to run in the opposite direction
[sp]Even though bees are mostly harmless[/sp][/QUOTE]
After spending time up close with to a bunch of bees trying to catch one with a ziploc bag for an assignment, I'm no longer afraid of bees
Bees are bros, but if it was wasps, I'd shit myself after finding this
damn all that sexy honey
Well that's one way to start your day. Open up your boiler unit and BEES. Oprah Winfrey would be proud, even though she never actually did that.
You know the one I'm talking about.
this is why you don't hire The Pain as a mechanic
How the hell did the bees end up in there anyways?
NO NOT THE BEES
Glad they moved them instead of just spraying poison.
how could you possibly not hear a single thing
I refuse to believe there were 15,000 silent bees, or that a boiler emitted enough noise to completely drown out the buzzing of a fucking hive in a house
unless 15000 bees suddenly decided to all move into the boiler at once, causing the boiler to break and the guys to investigate
but come the fuck on, how likely is that
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