The sight of a single bee buzzing around is enough to drive some
people into a frenzy, but one family in China has somehow been living
with an entire beehive in their living room for 12 years.
According to Oddity Central, they even collect the honey from it and sell it for a small profit.
A Pear video that recently went viral in China shows a home in
Gunagnan, China, where bees have been living inside the wooden furniture
for 12 years.
Owner Yongfu Li says that they simply came in one day and started
building their hive. There was a wedding in the family that day, and he
viewed the arrival of the bees as a good omen, so instead of driving
them away, the man just allowed them to build a home inside his living
room.
“The day these bees came was a great day (the wedding), I think they knew it was a great day,” Li said. “Fengshui masters said they came to work for me.”
Taking the fengshui interpretation to heart, Yongfu Li let the bees
build their hive and started collecting the honey they produced, three
times a year.
He ends up with about 5 kg of honey every time, which he then sells
for around 100 RMB ($15) a pound, raking in a total of $450 a year. Not
a bad deal, if you exclude having to share your house with hundreds of
bees.
Li has now been sharing his house with a free colony of bees for 12
years – or so he claims – and even though the video doesn’t mention any
bee stings, I think it’s fair to assume that the man and his family
have been stung a few times during that time.
Watch a video of the house below:
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