The Daily Populous Monday May 11st, 2026 evening edition
Authored by upi.com and submitted by Easy_Rate9892

May 7 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania beekeeper is in the process of attempting to rescue a hive that took up residence in an unusual location: a Philadelphia sewer.

Resident Thom Duffy said the bees have been living underneath a parking space on Lambert Street for about two or three weeks, leading neighbors to block off the space to prevent cars from being swarmed and people being stung.

Mark Berman of Anna Bees Honey was notified of the situation by local residents and installed a device designed to coax the bees out of the sewer and into a box for safe transport. He said lifting the sewer cover would not be advisable, as it could cause the hive to become aggressive.

He said it was the first time he has seen bees living in a sewer.

"It is kinda weird," Berman told WPVI-TV.

Berman, who estimated the hive could include up to 10,000 bees, said the process of evacuating them from the sewer could take weeks.

"We had fun thinking of names for sewer honey, but the truth is, any honey wouldn't be coming from the sewer," Berman wrote on social media. "If I'm successful in getting the bees to relocate into the trap box, they would build new comb and produce fresh honey."

erichiro on May 11st, 2026 at 15:19 UTC »

the inflection on sewer honey was perfect

sleepycrestz on May 11st, 2026 at 15:07 UTC »

Philadelphia really said “yeah the bees live in the sewer now” like that’s just another Tuesday side quest.

SothaSoul on May 11st, 2026 at 11:49 UTC »

This is what happens when rent gets too high.