My friend Nancy discovered bees in her garage in the drywall. She had seen a few bees fly in and out, and had sprayed where they went in. She could sometimes hear them buzzing in the wall out there, but she had no idea how big the problem was until she wanted to paint the garage. No way was she doing that until the bees were removed! After finding out how much an exterminator would cost, she called some beekeepers who were very happy to rid her of the problem, since a queen honeybee is worth quite a lot. She had to clear that side of the garage, and as she removed a box from a shelf, she felt her hand vibrating. When she looked at her hand, it was covered with bees!! It seems they had an entrance into the wall from a hole in the inside wall as well, right behind that box!
So the beekeepers came in beesuits and smoked those bees to make them sleepy, then they vacuumed them out of there.
What a lot of bees that was! The hive was about 4" thick, and layered with honeycomb. I think everyone is truly happy now.
I am especially happy it was not my garage!
3 comments:
what a story. i am glad that it was not my house either.
i too have a bee story. in my garage there is a spider web (well, several, but only one that concerns us). in the spider web is a spider. stuck in the spider web is a dead bee. the spider is eating the bee. the end.
One has to wonder why we have this apparent obsession with flying insects. Anyone know a good shrink?
Obsessions are sometimes a window into the subconscious.
For example, here, your focus on flying insects in general seems to suggest an internal conflict between an interest in freedom of movement (which can bring spontaneous, unpredictable adventure), and a desire to stay in one place (which can be safe and comfortable, except in hurricane season).
Specifically, flight itself involves movement in every direction in all three dimensions (up down, left right, forward backward). Each insect you highlight in your blog is able to move in any direction, seemingly at will, and over a fairly broad area. Even though the bee and the wasp move more locally, by comparison based on size, a bee’s seemingly short flight across the backyard might be the equivalent to a human flight across the state. A butterfly flying across a continent is like a man flying to the moon.
Your obsession with these free moving insects represents how your life has been characterized by progressive movement from Newfoundland, all around the USA, to Africa, Europe, Texas and points beyond.
Your personal international movement over great distances suggests that you are the butterfly, rather than the bee or the wasp, yet, the fact that your latest posting involves the bee, an insect that lives communally, strongly suggests your interest in the comforts of close family, despite your travels.
The fact that from our perspective one bee looks like another, shows a desire to be,
as I remain,
Anonymous.
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