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PostSubject: Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there?   Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? Icon_minitimeThu May 17, 2012 10:32 am

Taking down a chimney that has been built with the house many years ago would not really present much of a problem to most people. But this is our house we are talking about and this is Bulgaria and so our newly appointed workman John and his team arrive in readiness for this momentous occasion and guess what . . . the chimney has a bees nest in it!! Now in an ordinary neighbourhood this would present a huge problem, but no, this is Paskalevets a tiny village nestled in the far outback of Bulgaria and we have a bee keeper that lives near us. John naturally panics with these things as they start wizzing around his neck whilst he is perched high up on the roof and so do his two workmen who have only come to take the chimney down, after all they didn't expect this when they got out of bed to start the day. A quick visit to the Bee Keepers house and within minutes he is in the car being taken to our house to bring what would have been a tumultuous day into some form of order. Once arrived at our house a long gaze is given to the chimney with a few dozen bees buzzing around it and his hands descend into his tool kit to get things going.

First thing out was his hat with a long gauze which he puts on and tucks into his shirt, next thing is his puffer, this is not an ordinary puffer, it has to be lit with something so that it smokes a lot!! Some paper and a couple of eaten corn on the cobs are produced and put into the wretched thing, within minutes smoke is puffing out all over the place with the bee keeper squeezing the bellows on the back of this intricate looking machine. Having got the puffer smoking nicely he climbed up two sets of ladders to reach the chimney and the now active bees who were wondering what the hell was going on while they were trying to deliver their goods to the queen bee while Mr Bee Keeper was up there watching them.

The Bee Keeper settled himself behind the chimney and proceeded to remove each brick by hand which was easy because they were all loose. To our horror he wasn't wearing gloves or socks and his skin was exposed for the nasties to have a sting if they so required, but he was enjoying himself with a big smile on his face and proceeded to remove the bricks until he got near the bottom. At this point two or three hundred bees appeared and were buzzing around his head quite peturbed at what was going on and at this point the two workers who were catching the bricks he was throwing to him put out an urgent appeal for gloves and some coats to wear although it was 25C in the shade!! The Bee Keeper had now really got to the bottom of the chimney and was always looking for the queen bee, who, incidentally was worth money to him and in one slow but careful move removed the queen and put here in a bucket together with 3 or 4 hundred bees that were keen to protect her. A few more bricks were removed together with some honeycomb and that was the job done. he climbed down the ladders and proceeded to show us the spoils of the few hours work, there in this bucket was hundreds of the stingy things, but they were happy thankfully to stay there and leave us alone.

John and his team returned to the roof and replaced the chimney with tiles and all was well with a nice roof now covered completely with tiles and no nasty chimney that had been leaking water when it rained. In all. it was an interesting day for all of us, especially as we kept our feet firmly on the ground for a quick getaway into the house if the bees showed any nastiness. I am sure we could have written another episode for the "
Darling Buds of May"
with all this happening, my own Catherine Zeeta in the personage of Annette was plying everyone with Coke and Coffee while the chimney was being removed and everybody had a good day, we very much hope that your day has been good as well.


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:Good post:Itchy things are coming along nicely - Thanks for sharing Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 1536469901 Good luck

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Great story and something for all of us to learn from thank you for sharing it. Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 570106603
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It's a good job we had the chimney taken down when we did, because the rain has been bad here in this rural location. Taking the two big dogs out for a walk has been a problem with all the water laying about. They have got used to the horse grazing near our gate, but the loose sheep and goats wandering about get them a bit agitated. It has been difficult for me to keep upright with them tugging when they see some animals appear out of nowhere. If you see two dogs pulling a human through a hedge with his feet dragging behind, you will know what has happened.

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itchyfeet wrote:
It' has been difficult for me to keep upright with them tugging when they see some animals appear out of nowhere. If you see two dogs pulling a human through a hedge with his feet dragging behind, you will know what has happened.

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Ah go way with you Itchy, pull the other one Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 1865348797 :LMHO:It really amazes me the lengths people will go to covering up their drinking problem Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 2381841692 :Cool3:xx
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oddball wrote:
itchyfeet wrote:
It' has been difficult for me to keep upright with them tugging when they see some animals appear out of nowhere. If you see two dogs pulling a human through a hedge with his feet dragging behind, you will know what has happened.

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Ah go way with you Itchy, pull the other one Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 1865348797 :LMHO:It really amazes me the lengths people will go to covering up their drinking problem Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 2381841692 :Cool3:xx

Don't believe a word of it Oddy - no truth in it hic! hic! whatsoever!!

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Oops . . . what's that Bees Nest doing there? 3135333095 Enough said :Yes:
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