Originally Posted By Disney Joy Right by Carnation Plaza there was this humougous - ok HUGE - bee hive in the tree. It was wierd - the area was roped off and you couldn't tell why - unless you asked. Later that evening the rope was gone and I ask what happen to the bee hive. Two CM's were there - 1 said it vanish like magic - the other said Winnie the Pooh came and took it to his home. I said come on what happen..... Well at night the bees sleep, so they were waiting until the park close to remove it said a CM. The entire time all I could think of is where is Darkbeer with his camera to report the Bee sighting. LOL The next day of course I went first thing to ask what happen....they sprayed the littel bee suckers and the spot was partially blocked as they still continued to fall dying. I just watched as passer byers never noticed -- bees were lurking over there heads. AND THE BEE HIVE WAS HUGE.....I wonder how long it took for it to get so big and no one notice. It was HUGE.....
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Ah, I thought you spotted a middle-aged woman with a big ol' "do"...
Originally Posted By knightnfrees I can see a movie based on this...Two kids at an amusement park are the only ones who can save everyone from..."The Hive" Disney's The Hive, coming soon to Disney DVD. Bee there!
Originally Posted By Rivkah86 I used to have three LARGE beehives being constructed on the eves of our roof. they were really cool, that is until it got so hot that they fell apart in chuncks a few years ago. It was sad to see them go after so much hard work But, now they are building one on the INSIDE of the roof!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^ you don't want that! They will get inside the walls. If they get going in there, you'll have to have them exterminated and rip out all of the wallboard. I suggest you get them out of the roof ASAP!
Originally Posted By Pollyana I am very glad we didn't encounter the B's in July. BBBecause my hubby is allergic...wow It's amazing to me that no one required medical attention....BTW SusieQ, I cancelled my Desert Inn reservation for October. Maybe if others respond something will be done. Thanks for the heads up...
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I've seen hives in the park before, too. Just no way to get away from nature! Pollyana, I don't think you'll regret changing your reservation
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I would think someone would go around checking the trees before they got that BIG. This one was out of hand.....the CM said someone just noticed bees swarming....oh that is a good check system.
Originally Posted By Mr B Hey...that's how things work around Disneyland and most places....wait till something breaks or goes wrong or happens to take action...sad, but true.
Originally Posted By TheCheshireCat Snakes On A Plane Ants In My Pants Bees In A Themepark will it never end!?
Originally Posted By Pollyana Sounds like a new attraction...... Disney will need more hype since the 50th is finally over? Hope the bees are all settled down now. I dont want to see them in October.
Originally Posted By AnaheimDucks i use to work at disneyland, and yes there are bees everywhere. on numerous ocassions i had to close the vending cart i was working on cause there were too many bees around the wagon. there use to be a huge hive on top of the castle. they probably have gotten rid of that by now.
Originally Posted By disneyrunner Did you say they sprayed them and killed them? That's too bad. I don't know if this was the case here, but sometimes a hive will get too big and some of the bees will take off with a new queen. Usually when they land to rest they will form a football shape over the queen to protect her and since they don't have their own territory yet, they aren't aggressive. I used to work on a horse ranch, and this happened twice. We called a bee keeper and he was thrilled to take the bees back to his own hive. I'm not crazy about bees, but without bees, and their pollination, we don't eat!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Are you guys seriously suggesting someone go around the park every day, checking every tree, every eave of every building, every bush, fence, spot of dirt... and look for possible bee hives!? Hives get huge fast. It's not like 20 bees show up, then next week another 20, etc. The bees show up en masse and build pretty much overnight. I had a swarm move past my house last year. You could literally watch them come down the street. They filled my front yard (not small) from the ground to the roof-top. It took them about 5 minutes to move to the neighbors. I called a bee keeper and asked about the behavior. He told me that the hive had most likely become overcrowded and a new queen as taking *some* of the bees to a new location to build. So, no gradual build up. Thousands of bees arrived at once!
Originally Posted By Disney Joy SuzieQ ~ I was suggesting that, but not now. I didn't know they build so fast. So I guess that is out of the question. WOW - I thought it would have taken months to get so big. disneyrunner ~ yes the CM said they sprayed them. The following day they were still dropping on the smalled roped off portion dying. One of the CM said she had learned more about bees that day then she ever knew. They literally had a bee class. I bet that was really interesting.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Not only do they build fast, but it's not practical to have people searching for possible hives. It would take dozens of employees to do a scan or several employees looking for hours.
