A Miami beekeeper said he removed the second largest hive he has encountered in his 20-year career -- about 3 million bees -- from a home.
Beekeeper Adrian Valero said he was called to remove the hive after three people in the area were stung by the bees, which residents of the house said had been around for about a year.
For the past year, the eight people who living in the home knew they had a bee problem, but they never knew how large. They would only notice a few bees at a time when they looked out their window. "When I first came outside I saw like three bees around my face, and then I actually had to come around the back to see a whole thing," said Kevin Harris, a young boy who lives inside the home, in reference to the hive. "Then I got scared."
Valero said it was not surprising that the bees had stung locals.
"These are Italian bees," he said. "They are a little bit aggressive if you bother them too much."
The beekeeper said the hive, which was large enough to produce 60 pounds of honey, was moved to a bee farm far from the neighborhood.
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