CLEANING OUT DEAD BEE'S AND A HONEYCOMB!!!
I know, I know there are some of you out there are saying, "why wasn't I invited?". Believe you me, if I'm ever again invited to clean something like this out again, I will let you know.
I have to say, as a nurse, I've smelled some bad, BAD things in my life. However, I can honestly say that the smell of dead bee's ranks right up there with gangrene.
The bee's picked their "home" last summer. They called a bee keeper who told them that honey bee's were protected and they would have them removed professionally. No one was able to come and the next they knew, it was winter. It warmed up right before spring and then got cold again resulting in thousands of bee's being found dead on the side with the garage. They thought maybe they lucked out and that would be the end. Of course not!
Spring came to stay and so did the bee's. They again called. This time were told the bee's were not longer protected and they could get rid of them however they wanted. Dad felt the best way to do this was to fill the hole with wasp killer and plug the hole. That worked, or so he thought. He unplugged the fridge in the garage to be sure the "buzzing" had stopped and it had not. He poked another hole, repeated the process and ta-da, it worked!
We took down one of the panels of siding, removed the foam insulation and found a section of dead bee's a little more than a foot high and about three inches wide! Dad figures the honeycomb was about 8' long. It only took one trash bag.
There was quite a bit of honey, too bad it was contaminated with wasp killer. Enjoy the photo's, dead bee's and all.
I have to say, as a nurse, I've smelled some bad, BAD things in my life. However, I can honestly say that the smell of dead bee's ranks right up there with gangrene.
The bee's picked their "home" last summer. They called a bee keeper who told them that honey bee's were protected and they would have them removed professionally. No one was able to come and the next they knew, it was winter. It warmed up right before spring and then got cold again resulting in thousands of bee's being found dead on the side with the garage. They thought maybe they lucked out and that would be the end. Of course not!
Spring came to stay and so did the bee's. They again called. This time were told the bee's were not longer protected and they could get rid of them however they wanted. Dad felt the best way to do this was to fill the hole with wasp killer and plug the hole. That worked, or so he thought. He unplugged the fridge in the garage to be sure the "buzzing" had stopped and it had not. He poked another hole, repeated the process and ta-da, it worked!
We took down one of the panels of siding, removed the foam insulation and found a section of dead bee's a little more than a foot high and about three inches wide! Dad figures the honeycomb was about 8' long. It only took one trash bag.
There was quite a bit of honey, too bad it was contaminated with wasp killer. Enjoy the photo's, dead bee's and all.
