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IRVINE, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A Cox Communications employee said the cable company has removed a colony of about 50,000 bees from the back yard of an Irvine, Calif., home.
Jack Robinson, a loss prevention supervisor for Cox, said a team of beekeepers transported the colony Tuesday from an outdoor cable box in Virginia Heileg's back yard to a bee farm near Brea, Calif., The Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Wednesday.
Robinson said the beekeepers removed the top of the cable box, cut through the honeycomb and used a vacuum system to suck out all of the bees. The remaining honey was melted from the box using a torch and the beekeepers finished the job by spraying the equipment with a bee-deterring chemical.
Robinson said he has overseen the removal of more than a dozen bee hives.
"The best part of this job?" Robinson said. "I get to eat free honey all day."
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