Moving Day for Troublesome Honeybees

Nuisance colongy getting new home

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    It's moving day for a colony of troublesome honeybees in northeastern Pennsylvania.

    The queen and thousands of her loyal subjects had taken over an old tree along a back alley of Duryea, a small town outside Scranton.

    They were such a nuisance that neighbors say they couldn't stand to be outside in the summertime.

    Years ago, an annoyed human might've eliminated the problem with a can of insecticide.

    But with a mysterious affliction called colony collapse disorder decimating hives, Duryea's streets supervisor got a bee in his bonnet to save the colony.

    So Friday, an electric utility, a bee expert and a tree-trimming crew carefully removed the 60-foot tree and loaded the section with the hive in it onto a truck, where it'll be taken to a more suitable location.