RICHMOND, VA—
Earlier this week we showed you a century old oak tree that was a victim to recent storms. It fell down in the park and stayed there for weeks because City crews discovered that it was loaded with thousands of bees. They wanted to protect the hive, so Friday crews disassembled the log piece by piece and were careful to protect the workers and the bees.Luke McCall, an arborist for the City of Richmond said if they thought there was going to be any danger to the workers - they would have gone with another plan. Luckily, that didn't happen. "Always there's going to be something simpler. But in this case we really didn't want to go there. We didn't want to have to exterminate the bees knowing how important they are, we definitely want to try to save them."
The bee log is now in Bryan Park near the azaleas. The arborists hope the hive will help pollinate the flowers. They also think it will be a safer situation for park visitors.
