The culprit is 3 foot 4 and bald with a yellow complexion.
Posted on 06/24/2005 8:57:08 PM PDT by CO Gal
A southwest Houston family will spend a lot of money and time repairing their home after exterminators removed thousands of bees living inside their walls, Local 2 reported Thursday in an exclusive story.The family said they first discovered the bees living in the walls of their home on Wilcrest Drive near Bellfort Street when honey started dripping from the ceiling.
"They just started coming in the house," homeowner Mary Hooper said.
The homeowner said she didn't know she had two giant beehives built into her wall and ceiling.
"I didn't know we had so many," Hooper said.
Hooper called Gotcha Pest Control to remove the bees.
"I can feel the bees on the outside of the house," exterminator Claude Griffin said.Over four hours, Griffin and colleagues knocked out bricks and cuts holes in Hooper's home to remove thousands of bees living in a honeycomb the size of a pickup truck's hood built into the walls. They also removed nearly 450 pounds of honey.
"Literally, the honey was dripping down where they were eating breakfast," Griffin said.
Griffin told Local 2 it appeared the bees had been living in the home for 10 years.
"He reminds me of Red Adair -- only he's fighting bees instead of oil well fires," Hooper said.
Experts say the best way to prevent bees from getting into the walls of a home is by ensuring there are no cracks in the home.
Hooper said it cost her about $2,000 to remove the bees, which is not covered by insurance
so...who got the 450 lbs of honey?
Bees aren't her problem, she has bats in her belfry!
You won't bee-lieve this! I got hives just thinking about it!
The culprit is 3 foot 4 and bald with a yellow complexion.
The important thing is: are the bees okay?
It'd be a shame to destroy a healthy honeybee colony.
Either that or she must have the most beautiful rose bushes in Texas. Her house must be incredibly well insulated not to hear the noise of 10,000 bees. Egads!
So THAT"S where all my bees went !!!
Um...can Muttly have the 450 pounds of honey and the honeycomb the size of a pickup truck's hood...plleeeaaase...??!!!!!!
And never got stung either!
PoorMuttly has a very funny profile........or not
That would freak me the hell out. I mean shoot, whenever wasps starting building nests in our carport I mow them down before they can get comfortable.
she must be deaf, how could you not hear all the buzz...quiet sneaky bees...shhh.....
About that honey....
Lessee, it's about 7 bucks for a 12 ounce jar....
Okay, ya figure....350 x 7 = .75X
That's $4200 worth of honey! Damn! That's a motherlode of sweet sticky gold!
I'm calling PETA. I'm sure they'll stage a candlelight vigil.
Honey is not considered 'vegan.' It robs the bees of their livelihood.
I'm debating whether to tell my husband about this story...he is deathly allergic to honeybees (found out the hard way, well, not the hardest way, obviously).
Screw PETA. I'm concerned about the high cost of honey. You don't want to kill the bee that poops the golden spread.
Your profile page is excellent, though.
Those are some of my favorite quotes, and I thank you for printing them.
FReep ON !!!
You owe me a keyboard!
(shakes head laughing)
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