![Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.]( "Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.")
Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris. (Image: © Terry Harris)
This particular swarm had landed on a street sign in Yaxley near Peterborough.
Not for the first time either for three years ago residents of Lancaster Way, Yaxley, woke to discover a massive swarm had ‘moved in’.
![Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.]( "Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.")
Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris. (Image: © Terry Harris)
This week beekeeper Mike Lewin was called to help remove a swarm from elsewhere in the village.
Watched only by a passing photographer, he did so skilfully and with minimum fuss. The occasional bee stinging him seemingly part of everyday life.
![Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.]( "Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.")
Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris. (Image: © Terry Harris)
Job done the street was able to return to normal.
![Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.]( "Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.")
Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris. (Image: © Terry Harris)
![Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.]( "Cambs Times: Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris.")
Beekeeper Mike Lewin is called into rehome a swarm of approx 6-7000 bees from a street sign.,Yaxley, PeterboroughTuesday 05 May 2020. Picture by Terry Harris. (Image: © Terry Harris)
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