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60,000 bees found outside condo 5/2/09 LEE COUNTY: The cooler weather is stirring up some unwanted tenants in a North Fort Myers condominium tower. Those tenants - 60,000 bees!
Bee keeper Keith Councell had to use a lift to reach the fourth floor of the Parkway Condos. And behind a storm shutter, he uncovered the massive number of Italian honey bees. After living with the swarming bees for several months, neighbors convinced the condo association to do something about it. The bees will be kept alive and used for pollination. And the St. Nicholas Monastery will use the massive honeycomb that was found to make candles. "This is special because it hasn't been sprayed with pesticides and many times people don't want to pay to have the bees removed and so they'll spray them - then it's not pure any longer," said Mother Andrea of St. Nicholas Monastery. Councell says he thinks that gigantic honeycomb has been growing behind the storm shutter for more than a year.
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