Cornwall — Honey is not a feature that Jack Notman was expecting to sell a car buyer on Monday.
"A customer this morning came in and said a side of a car was covered by a swarm of bees," said Notman, the owner of the Chrysler dealership on Vincent Massey Drive.
Upon closer inspection, the honey bees had chosen the left front of an orange Dodge Caliber.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Notman, answering if bright motor vehicles had attracted swarms of bees in the past.
There was also a smaller cluster of horde on the parking lot pavement a few yards in front of the Caliber.
Needless to say, staff had to stay on high alert, to divert customers away the scene, where dozens of bees were circuiting the area.
Within a few hours, a small cluster had decided to place themselves on the back window of a Hyundai Sonata that waiting to be picked up by its new owner.
Notman could shake his head and wonder why these bees picked out the light blue Sonata, which was about 25 yards away.
A Notman secretary had called pest control businesses but they said they're hands are tied.
"We contact a bee keeper to get those bees," said Chris Leblanc, operator of Canadian Pest Control Services in Alexandria.
Leblanc said a apiarist will use a vacuum to collect the swarm and transport them to a bee farm.
Leblanc said protective legislation protects honey bills from extermination in most cases, unless the bees are what he have been "contaminated".
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