Bees Use A Cracked Tire As Hive And Fill It With Honeycombs

This video will show you a sight that looks absolutely terrifying. Nobody wants to see the colony 'moved'; it should be met with fire and fury of which the world has never seen. A Houston-area bee removal expert shared his video showing how a heavy-duty tire on an abandoned trailer became home to thousands of honeybees. Brueggan discovered the bees had used a cracked tire on the trailer, which had not seen use in years, as their hive. The bee colony set up a house and filled it with honeycombs. The bee expert said he had some trouble getting into the tire because of the steel belts in the rubber sidewall, but he was able to cut a large enough window to allow him to work.Show more

Brueggan used a bee-repelling substance to drive the insects out of the tire and into a box. The speaker of the video says that the owner of the trailer informed him that the bees had been in and out of this tire for several years now. However, the time finally came when the owner needs to get this trailer moved. He did not want to move the colony of bees and disturb their habitat and environment, but he no longer had a choice. This is what prompted him to call in the experts. Trying to move a colony like this one can be unbelievably dangerous to the untrained person. Experts should always be called in for situations like this one. That will ensure the safety of the colony of bees, but it will also ensure the safety of the humans as well.

The expert explains that he has never had to deal with an issue like this one before. He says that he has never cut into a tire before, and he did not get much help from online sources. He brought several different weapons, and he is just planning to play it by ear. He observes that the bees are extremely active, and this makes the situation a bit more dangerous. He finally gets a chunk of the tire cut out. This allows us to see the magnitude of this situation. There are seemingly thousands of bees inside this tire. The honeycombs they have made are quite beautiful.

The tire that the expert is trying to cut through has steel bands running through it. Most tires do not contain these steel bands because they do not need the added strength that the bands give. These bands make this tire insanely hard to cut through. The speaker says that he has brought his chainsaw to try to get through the thick exterior of the tire. He cannot use a simple utility knife to cut the tire. The bees begin to move to the box he has placed on top of it. The bees are flying all around moving from place to place. The expert is looking for the queen of the colony. He finally finds the queen and contains her in a cage. He directed the colony to the box so that they can be safely removed.