Bees
Okay, its been 1-1/2 weeks and I think I finally have the strength in me to write about what happened to us a week ago this past Sunday.
When we moved into our new house, we were aware that there were bees above the front door and we were aware that we needed to deal with it but it was just one of those things on that list that we hadn’t gotten to.
Last Sunday, Brian was working on the woodwork above the front door inside the house. I walked by him to go downstairs to swap the laundry. He asked me to pass him something from the garage and when I went to hand it to him, I noticed a couple bees on the wall near where he was working.
He grabbed a newspaper and started swatting at them when he realized that there was a HOLE where the wall and ceiling meet and those f*ckers (apologies if that offends anyone but there’s nothing else to call them) got real aggressive, real fast. By the time he could get down off the ladder, he’d been bitten three times on his face and once on his arm.
All we could do was lock the cats in a room and run out the front door. I don’t recall being so petrified in my life (I didn’t actually cry, but damn I was close!)
Everyone’s question at this point? “Is he allergic?” Well, yeah, I asked that, too, but since he doesn’t remember being bitten by a bee since he was a kid, we weren’t sure. I was horrified at the thought of him having a reaction, my having to get him to a hospital and then figure out what the heck we were going to do. Remember, I said this happened on a Sunday?!?!?! A Sunday morning, to boot!
When things calmed down, he covered up and went back in the house to get some local phone books and we started calling one exterminator after another. Leaving one message after another. We finally got to one that actually had a live answering service, they relayed our message, and within one hour, the exterminator came and gassed those f*ckers.
Let me share a couple lessons with you from this one:
1. If you see ANY signs of a bees nest in the eaves of your home, call an exterminator. Immediately.
2. Just in case… find yourself a 24/7 exterminator and keep that number handy.
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August 4th, 2009 at
Wow! That’s some drama. I got chased around and repeatedly stung by a swarm of hornets once – no fun! Randomly, just last night we watched an episode of Weeds where the exact same thing happens.
August 11th, 2009 at
Duly noted. Thank you.
August 12th, 2009 at
We have a couple of small bee hives in our porch. Right on the roof. They are nice as long as you are nice too.
Remember if you swat be prepared to be swatted too. Bees are peaceful as long as you don’t threaten them.
Another lesson:
1. Don’t swat a bee.
2. Learn from their live styles. Bees are hard working.
Lian