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News in a Minute: Nuclear Diplomacy, Political Rapprochement and ... Pittsfield Bees?Staff reports - June 28, 2008
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PITTSFIELD — That's right. Pittsfield's bee problem made The Associated Press' "Top Stories" roundup for Friday, June 27, along with North Korea's agreement to begin de-nuclearizing.
Presumably the wire service needed a lighthearted story and the Pittsfield news was just the bee knee's.
According to The Berkshire Eagle, a swarm 5,000 to 6,000 strong set up housekeeping in a tree on North Street on Thursday afternoon between 510 North St. and the A-Mart. The honeybees were swarming in a "ball" about 8 feet up in the tree.
Beekeeper Joe Amuso, a retired Pittsfield firefighter, was called in to take the "bee ball" away. He told The Eagle that the bees were likely scouting for a new home and that te queen was being protected in the center.
The entire removal took about 8 hours; after the bees were "poured" into wood hive, the hive was left under the tree so stragglers and scouts could catch up. Amuso took the hive home.
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