![\"LTBDscn3269\"](\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LTBDscn3269.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWe had no idea what to expect when opening the void space, since we knew that bees had occupied the void for so long.\u00a0\u00a0 Luckily, while the colony was sizeable – it was not as large as it certainly could have been.<\/p>\n Another section of soffit had unused comb that was OLD.\u00a0 All of this was removed as well.\u00a0 The queen was found in the vacuum catch-box once I took all the comb and bees to the Harmony Hollow Bee Yard – and the bees were reunited with their saveable comb and put into a standard commercial type of hive.<\/p>\n This property was unique in another aspect:\u00a0 It is the location of In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once I finished with the bees, I was taken on a short and marvelous tour of the big cats on the property.\u00a0 Here are a few pictures that came out nicely.\u00a0\u00a0 I would encourage you to visit this sanctuary in Wylie, Texas – and take a look at the cats they have saved.\u00a0 Many of them arrived in very poor health, starved, and underweight – and through the tireless work of Vicky & Eddie Keahey – as well as their approximate 200 volunteers annually – these large cats are brought back to health.\u00a0 Please do take time to look through the stories of the cats on their website – and consider donating towards their care.\u00a0 (I watched as they were allocating out their daily diets – and it is a HUGE amount of food that is consumed by these cats)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>The cluster of bees was about the size of a basketball once I had removed the brood area comb from the roof line.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n