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Hive with more than 40,000 bees removed from house at Smiling Hill Farm

by Russ Reed
September 19, 2024

WESTBROOK, Maine — "The family that owns Smiling Hill Farm is doing its best to protect a that has occupied a farmhouse for decades.

"The Knight family said a hive with more than 40,000 bees grew within the walls of a home on their property.

"The farmhouse is in need of renovation but instead of killing the bees, the Knight family wanted to save the colony.

"'For sixty-plus years, there's been bees in this house and it might be longer than that. It might be seventy or eighty,' said Michael Knight.

"On Thursday, Andrew MacDonald of Bee Huggah came to Smiling Hill Farm to safely relocate the bees from the farmhouse.

"'I believe that these bees are worth saving for a number of different reasons,' MacDonald said. 'They have medicinal value and they pollinate our crops.'

"MacDonald moved the bees to a hive outside of the farmhouse."

wmtw.com/article/maine-smiling

WMTW · Watch hive with more than 40,000 bees get removed from Maine farmhouseThe family who owns the farm says the bees have been in the farmhouse for at least 60 years. But the home needs to be renovated, so the family is hoping to safely relocate the bee colony.