The Bee Man of Kern County, California

The bees at the Rio Tinto borates mine in the Mojave Desert, in California, are pretty good at finding places that protect their colonies from the elements and predators. But they don’t much care where that shelter is.

Not that long ago, it was inside a pump, right by a busy walkway.

The bees were perfectly happy with their pump home, but it just wasn’t safe for our employees. Fortunately for us (and the bees), help was just a phone call away.