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Radio Leicester,5 mins
Beekeeper finds 160,000 bees who’ve built a 15-foot honeycomb home in chimney
Breakfast on BBC Radio LeicesterAvailable for over a year
You won’t bee-lieve this! Beekeeper, Peter Clarke has been saving about 160,000 honeybees which have been living in a chimney A 15-foot honeycomb stretched all the way up from a bricked-up fireplace, to the top of the chimney of the house in Groby. He's has been stung over 160 times while trying to save the bees which he rescued using a specially modified vacuum cleaner. Peter from Newbold Verdon spoke to Summaya Mughal.
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