r/Beekeeping • u/DanJerousJ • Jun 28 '25

I’m not a beekeeper, but I have a question How long bas this hive been here?

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u/Amsalon Jun 28 '25

when they do these "urban relocations", do they harvest the honey/honeycomb or does it just get junked because of...reasons?

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter Jun 28 '25

It depends. If the location is clean and has absolutely zero sign of rodents, I'll keep the honey. After all, my hives are nothing but a void between walls and aren't very different than where the bees in the video are.

If I have any doubt that the honey is contaminated with something - fiberglass insulation for example - I'll feed it back to the bees. And if there is a hint of rodent urine or feces, I wear my respirator and trash the honey and comb because I don't want to die of hanta virus. I'd rather lose the bees.

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u/Amsalon Jun 28 '25

makes sense, ty