The Bees Are Back

Remember our bee problem that I posted about in December?  Well, as the movie line goes:  "they're baaack." We've never stopped seeing bees hovering around outside, but we just figured those were some tenacious stragglers trying to get back in the hole that got plugged.  But in the past week or so I started finding bees inside.  First on my bedroom blinds...then in the loft...a couple of others here and there.  I still thought it likely that they had slipped in while the door was open (a tad long sometimes because of Shaynee), but then I heard and saw clear evidence that they were coming in through the attic:  dead bees in my shower light fixture and one dying.

To make a long story not quite so long, it turns out that the dusting and plugging done back in December may have chased off the honey bees but apparently a honeycomb remained inside our wall. Now carpenter bees  have found it and taken it over. Here's a picture of what I'm finding in the house:   

They're smaller than this might make it seem...about half an inch.  And from what I read, aren't too aggressive.  In fact, the males don't even have a stinger.  Still, I'm not a happy camper.

So, it looks like we're going to have to endure the noise and disruption of having a piece of our exterior wall removed to get to the honeycomb and the colony.  Jeez...we've hardly gotten over all the ruckus from repairs after Hurricane Wilma! 

Comments

[ssandy kessler]

interesting becasue there is a shortage of bees in this country - in fact scientists studying where have they gone??Now we know...haha

[ssandy kessler]

just needing a little different perspective here and there. ha ha like yours a lot

[colleen]

I hope they all start coming back. Wonder what's new in that department?

[bluemountainmama]

we had that problem at our old house, except with yellow jackets. i feel for you....

[Kerri]

Oh, I am sorry the bees are back....I wish they would stay outside instead of inside!