- May 24, 2014
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CAN ONE OF THE MODS MOVE THIS PLEASE, LIKE A FOOL, I PUT IT IN THE WRONG ROOM 
Three weeks ago, we returned from the Dordgogne having spent a month in a rented villa. Superb house, great location, exceptional facilities, and then some...................................................
The house had five double bedrooms, but one was locked on arrival, however this wasnt really an issue. The night of arrival, we had un unbelievable thunderstorm and so didnt have chance to explore properly. The following morning was bright and warm, and the long haired general was up and about early. it didnt take long for her to come and get the rest of us up. With those immortal words, " You gotta see this" she led the way like Tirpitz under full steam. Out we went, round to the side of the house and pointing proudly up at the window of the locked room, she awaited the shock to hit the rest of us.
There were what appeared to be thousands of insects swarming around the shutters of the locked room. On closed inspection we realized they were bees, and there appeared to be many more inside the shutter space. As one of our party has severe allergies to stings, we contacted the agent. "Oh yeah, says this venerable gent, we know all about this, they arent dangerous". Well, yes they are to someone with allergies to them. We then rang the owner, who basically repeated his words. An email followed to her, just to make it official, and only at that point were we taken seriously.
The following day, the agent arrived with a beekeeper, who had the agent move us to a hotel for the night, due to the danger that didnt exist. And over the following 24 hours, what can only be described as a huge hive was removed. Apparently, a large hive will contain 20-30,000 bees in winter and around 60-80,000 bees in summer. The beekeepers estimate was around 150,000 bees. So, I know what you are thinking, swarms are fairly common. But this was very definitley a hive.
and the offending window later:
There is now a beekeeper in the Dordogne richer by around 150,000 bees and some excellent honey.
Three weeks ago, we returned from the Dordgogne having spent a month in a rented villa. Superb house, great location, exceptional facilities, and then some...................................................
The house had five double bedrooms, but one was locked on arrival, however this wasnt really an issue. The night of arrival, we had un unbelievable thunderstorm and so didnt have chance to explore properly. The following morning was bright and warm, and the long haired general was up and about early. it didnt take long for her to come and get the rest of us up. With those immortal words, " You gotta see this" she led the way like Tirpitz under full steam. Out we went, round to the side of the house and pointing proudly up at the window of the locked room, she awaited the shock to hit the rest of us.
There were what appeared to be thousands of insects swarming around the shutters of the locked room. On closed inspection we realized they were bees, and there appeared to be many more inside the shutter space. As one of our party has severe allergies to stings, we contacted the agent. "Oh yeah, says this venerable gent, we know all about this, they arent dangerous". Well, yes they are to someone with allergies to them. We then rang the owner, who basically repeated his words. An email followed to her, just to make it official, and only at that point were we taken seriously.
The following day, the agent arrived with a beekeeper, who had the agent move us to a hotel for the night, due to the danger that didnt exist. And over the following 24 hours, what can only be described as a huge hive was removed. Apparently, a large hive will contain 20-30,000 bees in winter and around 60-80,000 bees in summer. The beekeepers estimate was around 150,000 bees. So, I know what you are thinking, swarms are fairly common. But this was very definitley a hive.
and the offending window later:
There is now a beekeeper in the Dordogne richer by around 150,000 bees and some excellent honey.
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