Debbie Mansfield-Stahn is a Sturgeon County resident who found herself in an 'un-bee-lievable' situation this past year.
It all started last fall when Stahn noticed a buzzing sound coming from a shop on her acreage.
"At first, I'm not going to lie, I thought they were hornets, so I didn't go near them and we just kind of left it."
Stahn got in touch with Jean-Charles Poirier, a local beekeper who told her to wait until spring before trying to remove them.
"He said they won't have enough time to make a new hive before the winter," added Stahn.
Once spring arrived, she hadn't noticed the bees at first, but soon enough they came back, which is when Stahn called Poirier back.
"When he got here, he had a stethoscope that he put on the wall, and it was loud buzzing," said Stahn.
They removed a part of the drywall to reveal almost 50,000 bees between two studs in the shop.
"These bees are so smart. They actually hauled out the insulation between the two studs."
Inside the drywall there was several layers of honeycombs stacked up along the wall. Stahn said that it took Poirier around four hours to remove the bees.
"He was there all day. We started at the bottom of the wall and he moved his way up. Every time he cut, he was looking for the queen."
Since removing the bees, Poirier brought them back to his beekeeping operation, where he said that things couldn't be better for the colony.
Stahn added that although it's a relief to not have a bee problem, she's happy to hear that the colony is thriving.
"I didn't want them to die. There were lots in there."