A person says he uncovered an enormous beehive hidden contained in the ceiling of his new house lower than a month after shifting in

Andrew Noyes says he and his husband discovered a huge beehive in the ceiling of their home. Andrew Noyes

• Andrew Noyes told insiders that he found a beehive in the ceiling of his home in San Francisco.

• Noyes said he heard noises from the ceiling and saw dead bees around the house.

• Noyes said a beekeeper told him the beehive was dead and predatory bees had entered because of the honey.

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Little did Andrew Noyes buy a house in San Francisco with his husband that they would share it with predatory bees.

Noyes, 41, told Insider that he and his husband – who both work for startups – started spotting bees in their home shortly after they moved in September. Noyes said they also saw some live bees floating around their office, bedroom, and bathroom.

“We also saw significant bee activity on the outside of the house at a single point near a water pipe on the roof line,” Noyes said.

Then there were noises from the ceiling – “like raindrops,” Noyes said.

So he got a beekeeper and quickly discovered that there was a beehive on the ceiling.

Noyes had the beehive removed over the weekend and documented the process in a series of tweets on Saturday.

A beekeeper found the beehive on the office ceiling after using a thermal imager and stethoscope to heat – according to Noyes, the professional told him the beehive was giving off heat – and detected bee activity.

When he cut the blanket open, the beekeeper found a huge beehive that he said was likely active before the couple moved in and became extinct, Noyes said.

As for the live bees buzzing around, the beekeeper told Noyes that “predatory bees from other hives stole leftover honey from the hive and returned it to their own hives,” and that the hive was probably producing 100 pounds of honey at its peak.

The beekeeper used a vacuum to suck up bees without harming them, as one of Noyes’ tweets shows.

To extract the beehive, Noyes tweeted that the beekeeper had brought another worker. “They were dressed and the room was sealed for most of the extraction, but we were able to take a look at different places to see their progress,” Noyes told Insider.

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Noyes said the extraction cost $ 500 and since moving he has only seen a few confused predatory bees outside the house near the entry point where the beehive used to be.

“We’re in an area with lots of nature that we love,” said Noyes. “But we would certainly prefer nature to stay outside of the house.”

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