‘Absolutely fascinating’: beekeeper rounds up uninvited guests at Calgary care home

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Veteran beekeeper Bob Little has stepped guardant to wrangle immoderate honeybees astatine nan Trinity Lodge Retirement Residence successful southwest Calgary. The bees were first spotted successful a resident’s room successful early June, settling successful betwixt nan walls of nan building.

“Bees aren’t usually protect aliases aggressive,” Little said. “They’re very gentle.”

Little group up a trap successful precocious June, yet capturing and taking distant astir of nan bees.

“For our residents, it’s perfectly fascinating,” Trinity Lodge wide head Kim Giang-Ho said. “What we’ve learned is chromatic bees are really a protected type and they’re a very important portion of Alberta’s agriculture.”

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Little took location astir of nan bees, and aft a fewer months, he whitethorn beryllium capable to return pinch immoderate of their chromatic for nan Trinity Lodge residents to try.