Sage Creek residents buzzing after new bee neighbours set up on cul-de-sac lamppost

A hive of bees has taken residence astatine nan apical of a lamppost successful nan southeast Winnipeg neighbourhood of Sage Creek.

Residents successful nan area opportunity astir 10 days ago, they noticed nan group of bees flew onto Pintail Crescent and person remained ever since. The show of nan football-sized wide of insects is thing group surviving location person ne'er seen before.

“It happened past week, and it conscionable seemed to outpouring up successful a mates of days,” explained Bjorn Johnson, who lives connected nan cul-de-sac. “I drove past it 1 time and nan full point was full, and [the bees] were conscionable scrambling astir and stuff, which is ace freaky.”

No 1 has been stung by nan bees yet, but Johnson says parents are keeping their kids from playing connected nan thoroughfare arsenic a precaution.

“Kids meet there, usually astir 10 aliases 12 kids are zipping astir connected scooters, riding their bikes astir aliases playing roadworthy hockey,” Johnson said. “That slammed it to a stop.”

Beekeeper Michael Clark says nan behaviour of nan bees suggests they’re “swarming” which intends nan bee organization outgrew what nan erstwhile hive could support.

“If they’ve tally retired of room, past they request to find much room,” said Clark. “They’ll return disconnected pinch nan queen to find a caller location, which will suit their needs, and she’ll time off a girl successful her spot to return complete nan colony.”

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According to Clark, nan process of swarming takes a fewer hours to a mates of days astatine most, truthful if nan bees person been location arsenic agelong arsenic they say, nan bees person apt started ‘combing’, which makes nan process of removing nan bees much involved.

“You’d person to get up location successful immoderate type of zoom-boom [construction lift] and look astatine nan comb,” Clark explained. “Collect nan queen and move nan comb into a container correct beneath it [the lamp post], past nan bees should travel down to nan smell of nan pheromones of nan queen.”

City officials are alert of nan business successful Sage Creek, and told Global News successful an email that they’ve contacted a section beekeeper to safely region nan swarm, but noted Manitoba Hydro will request to assistance since nan bees are located wrong nan lodging of nan lamp