The craziest thing happened yesterday, my son looked up in our family room and there were about 10 honey bees hanging out from the molding around ceiling. We managed to fight those off. Then we noticed they were coming out of the lighting fixture outside by our sliding glass door. Now we have a huge screened in area with a pool, so this was weird. We sprayed everything down, although I hated killing honey bees. We kept looking for the source of the bees and hubby went outside and around the front of the house. There were three small holes in our wall, that weren't there before and bees were flying in and out of them. We can hear buzzing slightly in one wall. It is freaky.

Hubby called the fire department and they referred us to a beekeeper who is coming here to try to gather them and bring them back to his own hives. This is the craziest thing I've ever experienced. I keep worrying about taking my dogs out that they'll get stung, but the guy reassures us that they won't sting unless they feel threatened. So, we're trying not threaten them for sure. Anyway, I'll keep you updated.

Comments:

Unreal! I love grumpy's comment below.

comment by mellowdee on July 14, 2008 10:48 AM ()

Isn't he cute! I'm still waiting for the beekeeper. He's supposed to be here about 3:00 p.m.

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 11:40 AM ()

Eesh. Not good. Good luck with that!

comment by spicybitch on July 14, 2008 10:06 AM ()

You're telling me!

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:08 AM ()

Did you manage to keep the honey? Pooh Bear wants to know.

comment by jondude on July 14, 2008 8:55 AM ()

Jondude, there are a zillion bees out there, it's freaky!

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:08 AM ()

rambo is always trying to eat bees! he has been stung in the past! haven't seen many bees lately though. lots of wasps though.

comment by elkhound on July 14, 2008 8:22 AM ()

I've never had anything like this happen with honeybees, just dirtdobbers and wasps.

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:07 AM ()

That is cool that you are getting a beekeeper to come in to save them... but YIKES!

comment by kristilyn3 on July 14, 2008 8:10 AM ()

Freaked me out for sure!

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:07 AM ()

comment by marta on July 14, 2008 8:09 AM ()

I can't wait to see what happens.

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:07 AM ()

I've seen that happen in the car in the parking lot at the hospital. They called the beekeeper for that one too, he got the queen out or something.
How are you going besides that? My sister that lives close to you has her house up for sale and will be leaving to move to North Carolina.

comment by cindy on July 14, 2008 7:39 AM ()

Hopefully this is what this guy will do.

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:06 AM ()

comment by jjoohhnn on July 14, 2008 7:39 AM ()

That's what my hubby says. He said something about 60% of all honeybees are dying???? Wow! That's horrible.

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:09 AM ()

comment by grumpy on July 14, 2008 7:34 AM ()

Awwwww

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:06 AM ()

My aunt had honey bees in her house - didn't know it, until the ceiling in her bathroom fell in from the weight of the home. It was one "sweet mess". Hope you found yours before they did too much damage. Save me some of the honey comb. I love to chew it. Nena

comment by nenah on July 14, 2008 6:48 AM ()

I hope they haven't had a chance to build a big honey hive in my wall!

reply by teacherwoman on July 14, 2008 10:06 AM ()