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Apr 16, 2008 7:30 pm US/Central
Hive Home To 20,000 Bees Removed Near Hurst School
HURST (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
Last week's storm revealed something that had some local elementary school students buzzing.
The storm knocked down a six-foot tall bee hive inside a tree. The tree's trunk was home to 20,000 or more bees.
The bees have lived near Hurst Hills Elementary for some time without bothering anyone. "That's the area we knew not to let the kids get too close to," said teacher Karen Boyer.
The students at the school said they really only knew one thing about them – they sting.
"Last time I saw a bee it poked me in my back. It really hurt," said fifth grader Kayla Allen. "So I don't like bees all that much."
Educators at the school decided to use the bees as a lesson about nature.
"It's been a great teaching opportunity, because we are taking the kids over – from a distance – and showing them the bee tree," said Boyer. "They are actually able to see honeycomb out in the wild and see thousands of bees."
"Without them we wouldn't have anything to eat because they pollinate all the fruit and everything," said fifth grader Gilbert Martinez.
"They have been saying the bees have been dying out, so I want to save the bees," said Allen. "I don't want to see them die."
So educators decided to take on a new project to save the bees.
"When the teachers and students were both very excited about saving them and not exterminating them, they called us," said wildlife biologist Steve Martin.
Martin's company volunteered to vacuum the bees out and take them to a new home for free.
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