What It Takes To Be NYPD's Elite Bee Cop
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2018
- Officer Darren Mays is the NYPD's elite bee cop. He keeps 40,000 bees in an apiary on the roof of the 104th precinct in Queens, NY. Alongside Office Michael Lauriano, Officer Mays is one of two beekeepers on the force.
Following is a transcript of the video:
Officer Mays: I've been stung well over 400 times. No line of duty injury report. It's just that you never get used to it.
Narrator: Meet the NYPD's elite bee cop, Officer Darren Mays. He takes care of about 40,000 honeybees. They live on the roof of the 104th precinct in Queens. Normally, he's a patrol officer on the night shift. But since 2014, he's gotten dozens of calls to rescue New York's lost bees.
Officer Mays: During the daytime I'm sleeping. And that's when bees are swarming, usually I'm asleep. I wake up, make sure I make arrangements for my little one to get picked up from day care. Head in my car and head to the city. It's a good rush. The adrenaline is a rush because you know you're gonna get an audience. Once I get there it's usually cordoned off with other officers waiting on my arrival.
And also have access to ESU to get me anything I need. If I need a power source to plug my vacuum into, they'll get that for me. The generator, or hook it up to their truck where I can get power. A portion of it is made from a - from a regular vacuum. But it has components on it where you can adjust the suction vacuum on it, so you don't destroy or kill the bees as they're being suctioned in. They get suctioned into a box. It's like a hive box with a cage on it that can be used for transport. Transport 'em to home or even at the rooftop apiary that I have here at my command. I'm the only cop that I know of in the police department or probably worldwide that has an apiary on their roof.
Narrator: Unofficially, cops have been filling the role since 1994. Today, Officer Mays is one of two cops on the NYPD's bee unit.
Officer Lauriano: I'm known as the bee guy sometimes they'll throw out Winnie the Pooh it's all in good fun. They call us beekeepers but are we really beekeepers? They're free to go wherever they want. We kind of just help them along the way. Give them a nice piece of real estate for them to have and it's up to them what they want to do.
Officer Mays: The job that I do for the department, I guess it's important because sometimes it depends on where the bees swarm. They can swarm onto a bicycle, a tree, hovering right above your head, on a building. And, New Yorkers, they walk kind of cluelessly and they can actually walk into a swarm without knowing and they could be stung so that's why they call on us to remove them.
Officer Lauriano: Oh don't be afraid of the honeybee. We need them in society. We need them in our environment. There's nothing to be afraid of them. Officer Mays: I never was into honeybees, I never liked honey. So I had a friend named Rich who lives in Massachusetts.
Narrator: Officer Mays' buddy Rich introduced him to beekeeping in 2007. And he was hooked. That Christmas, his wife bought him a kit and the rest is history. Now Officer Mays harvests about 600 pounds of honey each year.
Officer Mays: It's ready to be extracted. Full frame here. We're gonna take the cappings off the top. Put it through an extractor, filter it, bottle it. What I do is give it away to friends and family and a lot of my co-workers they're willing to give me donations for the work that I put in because of my time and the equipment that I use. Everything is out of pocket so they give me donations for jars to offset the costs.
Officer Lauriano: They're cute. They're fuzzy, they fly around. They want to be around us. I want to be around them. And what I can say is I love 'em as much as New Yorkers and that's a lot.
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What It Takes To Be NYPD's Elite Bee Cop 
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Bruh i thought the nypd made a *bee* a cop
In what context and the thumbnail was clear.
lmfao
Me too 😂
Lol, so did i
Same
Thanks for showing me that was a bee on the thumbnail, insider. I would’ve never known otherwise.
I thought the bee’s were cops and they would send them to find and attack people
Same
*I want to **_bee_** a cop when I get older*
That joke was dry, i *drought* anyone got it
Go back to inside edition
*We need more of these cops*
bees: its free real estatte
“There’s nothing to *BEE* afraid of”
The man made a pun without realizing lol
Typical "Newyok" accent.....luv it.....!
Thank you Officer Mayszzzzz 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
You're quite welcome. I appreciate the acknowledgment.
Amazing! So awesome!
Awesome! !!!
2:43 the pun is a benefit too
Good people, bravo... 💙🙏👌
Beautiful
Who ya gonna call? BEEBUSTERS!!!
Me: reads the title
Me: “Say what now?”
These new york cops remind me so much of the first spider man movie when i was a kid lol
💪never kill the bees
@MaskSo James Yes, and for our life!
This is cool
Amazing video about bees
Lets hope this video gets 20000 likes
Nice video
Let's bee cops!
I love bees and I’ve only ever been stung by one once, and it was all because of fear. Once I learned that they are harmless and get killed for no good reason, I became the biggest bee protector/fan. Luckily, I’ve had bees land on me or my surroundings and I always get so excited, I take pictures of them, etc and I never get stung.
Also, These two are the cutest cops ever.
I thought they were using bees to apprehend the suspect in hostage situation 😂
Without the honeybees, we wouldn’t be alive today.
**NYPD bee cops knocks on door** Bee cop:Sir we've got a warrant for you, **Suspect tries to punch officer** Bee cop: BEES ATTACK
Barry has come a long way from his home
Dayam! Bees bees bees.
Bee Happy.
i waved at a bee and it waved back at me.
And I thought it hurt to be stung by a bee then there is this guy
It does hurt. It's like fire burning your skin. You never get used to it. You just tolerate it if you love the hobby.
This reminded me of the black mirror episode
*ya like jazz*
Bees - "it's free real estate"
It is un-"bee"-liveable what these guys do, they are truly the "bee's-knees." It would "bee" an honor to meet them ;)
Seriously though, good job for these cops - Those swarms of bees look intimidating 0_0
Bee facilitator
the only cops i trust
Wait for those bees to protest one day
“You like Jazz?”
I want to bee a cop at 32.
FREE HONEY AND BEESWAX
NYPD OPEN UP
I've never seen bees swarm like that, is it common in nyc?
It happens quite often during swarm season.
Waiting for Codys lab to comment here
Oooooo i love the first man i want to meet him 💕💕
☺😉
NYPD'S BEElite cop
cops I like :)
F(BEE)I OPEN UP
*ya*
*like*
*JAZZ?*
Bee movie irl
Bees are cute. :3
How many people call him Candyman?
There's nothing to 'bee' afraid of the honey bees..
I am sorry I will walk myself out
NYC is more spoiled then me
Ya like jazz?
save the bees. we need them for farms. they should do this at houses.
When i saw the title i thought
*I KNEW IT BIRDS ARE FAKE*
I wan’t to *bee* a cop.
Does he read them their Miranda rights?
"BEE GOOD" HONEY, BY NYPD FOR STREET KIDS.... ??
Hi love you so much from Selma
Thank you. NYPD beekeepers loves you to
Show uk paramedics
hiii
🤗
_huh_
I would love to buy ur honey
Sorry, I don't sell any of it. I donate what I don't consume to family, friends and my coworkers.
It's not that serious!How are going to prosecute these bees,huh?
black mirror....
Money to help tthe economical det.
First
What it takes?
*well allergies are not one HoNEy*