Relocating 6 million Singapore bees and counting, one nest at a time

Armed with nothing but a bandana and his bare hands, 42-year-old Clarence Chua rescues bees, scooping them from nests into wooden boxes to relocate them, sometimes to his own backyard.“What I like about them is if you respect them and you don't threaten their safety, they are totally OK with you being at close quarters with them,” Chua said.When residents of tropical Singapore find bees nesting in their houses, they typically call pest control, which can exterminate nests in minutes for about S$80 to S$150 ($62 to $116). But Chua has convinced a growing number to allow him to rescue the b…READ FULL ARTICLE