It's that time of the year again, with spring less than a week away and the air alive with insects, but a wall full of bees is another matter.

Too many queens in one nest and you get a max exodus looking for a new home… which could easily be yours, as a family found out in Ogíjares; the pronunciation of whose name sounds like you’ve swallowed your dentures.

The loud and constant hum and the coming and going of legions of airborn interlopers had the houseowner calling for a local beekeeper specialised in evicting the blighters and rehousing them in a more sensible location.

When the beekeeper arrived he was surprised to find a natural honeycomb of some 1.5m sq/m in size within the walls of the person’s home with between 150,000 and 200,000 ‘extra residents’ installed. That many bees could fill about three beehives.

Owing to the size of the honeycomb it will take the beekeeper about two days to completely dismantle it and safely transport the bees to their new home.

(News: Ogijares, Vega, Granada, Andalucia)