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    Huge beehive discovered inside ceiling Jump to media player Around 60,000 bees were removed from a woman's house in Brisbane, Australia.
    • 22 Aug 19
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    Saving the bees Jump to media player Bees are an essential part of the environment but numbers are in decline.
    • 23 Apr 19
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    'I spend my lunch break with 150,000 bees' Jump to media player Tim Vivian installed three hives on the rooftop of his company's building three years ago.
    • 30 Jun 19
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    Bees swarm on city centre parked cars Jump to media player A beekeeper has told how he managed to remove a swarm of bees that landed on a street of parked cars in a city centre.
    • 11 Jul 19
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    Bees living on top of a London mosque Jump to media player There are 400,000 bees living on the roof of the East London Mosque in Whitechapel.
    • 03 Aug 18
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    Why are bees so important? Jump to media player Ricky BEE-LETO explains why bees are so important.
    • 23 May 18
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A giant hive was removed from a woman's house in Brisbane, Australia.

The ten-month-old hive weighed 50kg and was holding 60,000 bees.

  • 22 Aug 2019
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