Workers spent two days recently removing over 100,000 honey bees from an outside wall of the Tamaqua Community Arts Center (formerly the Salem United Methodist Church), 125 Pine Street. It was estimated that the hive was 6 to 10 years old.
“The bees got pretty upset when we started to remove the aluminum soffit, “said beekeeper and expert Bob Reed of Tamaqua. “Once the hive was exposed, they became really mad and started to attack us.”
Despite using a smoker to calm the bees, Reed said he was stung a total of 14 times, some of which through his suit.
“They had about 5 layers deep with wax and bees in a space that was about 8″ deep,” said Reed.
Reed added that the bees and their queen were relocated to a new home in New England Valley (Walker Township). “There, they joined my beehives in a country setting – where they won’t bother anyone.”

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