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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- A homeowner taking down trees in a local town said, "bee gone" to some unwanted guests. Homeowner Chris Utzat uncovered huge colonies of bees living inside the trunks of the trees. A professional beekeeper was called in to bail him out and used smoke to keep the swarms under control. Even with all the buzzing going on around him the homeowner said he had bigger things to worry about. "I was more concerned about the tree falling on the house, more so than the bees. I was just hoping that someone could use these bees. It's good that they could come out and take care of them like this," said Utzat. A total of 10 trees came down on the property and it is unclear how many bees were... [read full story]

