Posted on 02/06/2017 11:07:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Texas homeowner found herself in a sticky situation after calling for help with what she thought was going to be a simple roof repair.
When roofers went out to Latanja Levine's Houston-area house, they made a startling discovery, according to KIAH.
"They discovered there was a bee problem, told me that (they) couldn't do anything on the roof until something was done with the bees," Levine said.
Levine said professionals were able to remove much of the hive and close off the bees' access to the home, allowing the roofers to get back to work.
But, when Levine returned to her two-story house, she found honey dripping down the walls.
"It's coming in from the ceiling," she said. "I'm mopping it up, mopping the walls. It's all over the curtains here — just honey. (The curtains are) probably ruined."
KIAH video shows the sweet substance pouring down the walls in thin, straight lines and creating sticky puddles on the floor.
"You can see it's coming through cracks and crevices in the crown molding," Levine said.
Workers tried to find a way to remove the bees without killing them.
"Behind me is where they pulled out the bees, they smoked them out and put them directly into their colonies. There must've been 50,000 bees, and they were swarming everywhere but I asked them if they got the queen bee," Levine said.
The answer was 'no.'
Until the queen bee is evicted, Levine may not have much luck getting her house back.
"I'd like any help with a solution," Levine said, "Because, I don't know what to do."
Add some red dye and you’ve got yourself an instant horror flick film set.
Tough work. It must pay well. Tough jobs usually do.
This is why the commie left complains about their low pay. They want to make the same flipping burgers or mowing lawns as someone doing dangerous work in hellacious conditions of heat and dark and discomfort.
I once lived in a place that had a huge tree in the lot. Inside the tree was a truly gigantic bee hive with bees coming and going through a big knot in the tree. The bees were very aggressive and took to chasing people through the yard. I waited until winter and cemented the knot closed. Felt bad about the bees but enough was enough. To have removed the hive was impossible.
Sounds like an opportunity for Mike Rowe.
That’s amazing. You are to be commended for achieving such a difficult job.
Sounds like a Bee grade movie.
Doesn’t bode well for people aspiring to move to the Lone Star State...Don’t mess with Texas :(
LOL....between this, and the rattlesnakes...we may be able to keep those pesky Californian’s out ;-)
Wow I thought I had a tough summer job. Mine was the “go to” guy in our house painting crew that climbed up on the ladder to firetorch wasp nests under the eaves.
Starter fluid spray and a Bic lighter. Get it right, they fall to the ground with burnt wings, and you duck a straggler or two as you hightail it to the ground.
Don’t get it right, you are at the upper end of a ladder with a bunch of p!ssed off wasps.
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