You may have seen a particular email story that has gone around the internet that shows a covered gas grill that a homeowner went to use. They saw bees going under the grill cover and heard loud buzzing sounds. They then fashioned a bug bomb spray can to a rake and put it under the grill cover to in hopes to smoke out and suffocate the bees.
The smoke bomb worked and resulted in a heap of dead bees. And when the homeowner removed the grill cover, they found honeycombs and thousands of dead bees.
While these pictures were taken by a homeowner and pest control was also performed by them, this is not an ideal way of going about taking care of bees. This person was lucky that they did not disturb this hive too badly in their attempt to control the bees, and while the pictures turned out great, the story could have been a different one.
This hive was probably about 4 to 6 weeks old. And there were probably around 5000 dead bees, and maybe 25 to 40 pounds of honeycomb and honey. If this hive would have went undisturbed for much longer more of the honey comb would have been filled with honey, there would have been even more combs built, including inside the grill.
I have seen this same type of hive in barbeques & grills numerous times and have removed as much as 15 gals of honey and honeycomb from the underside of a BBQ!
Always remember to look for bees flying around your barbeques, covered patio furniture, or even their outdoor storage units before they open them up or remove the covers. If you hear something do not try this on your own, a professional highly trained in bee nest and swarm removal should be used. Most of the bees of Arizona are aggressive bees and can be extremely dangerous if not handled properly. These bees may attack not only you, but neighbors, pets and children.
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