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Experts Remove Bees, 450 Pounds Of Honey From Home
Click 2Houston ^ | June 24, 2005 | Staff Writer

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


TOPICS: Food; Local News; Weird Stuff
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To: CO Gal

Was this woman deaf? You would think she would hear a buzzing sound.


21 posted on 06/24/2005 9:26:46 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: CO Gal
One of my mother's friends brought a terrarium back from out west, a big potted monster that she put in her den.

A few days later, she saw a huge tarantula creeping across her den floor. Then she saw another on her couch, and a third crawling out of the terrarium.

She grabbed her kids and hauled everyone out of the house. When the authorities finally removed the tarantulas and broke open the terrarium pot, there were three more inside!

Yikes!

22 posted on 06/24/2005 9:29:18 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Proud Retrosexual Wife of 12 Years)
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To: wagglebee

I hear buzzing sounds all the time! You mean that's not normal??? (Queue Twilight Zone music here...)


23 posted on 06/24/2005 9:29:36 PM PDT by CO Gal (Liberals should be seen, but not heard..)
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To: CO Gal

Okay, the dripping honey on the ceiling would probably be a giveaway too!


24 posted on 06/24/2005 9:30:56 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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Had this same thing happen to me a few years back. Didn't notice it until summer came around and started heating the house up and honey started dripping from the ceiling. They had to tear out part of the floor on the second story and ended up removing quiet a few 5 gal. buckets of honeycomb. We used to joke about being able to have fresh honey on our biscuits by running them against the ceiling.


25 posted on 06/24/2005 9:41:56 PM PDT by BigBadWolf (For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.)
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To: CO Gal
I hear buzzing sounds all the time! You mean that's not normal???

Try adjusting your tinfoil hat. It sounds like some of the rays are leaking in around the edges.

26 posted on 06/24/2005 9:42:21 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PoorMuttly
FReep ON !!!

Thank you I will, you too

27 posted on 06/24/2005 9:59:38 PM PDT by apackof2 (In my simple way, I guess you could say I'm living in the BIG TIME)
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To: CO Gal

Sweeeeet!


28 posted on 06/24/2005 10:06:59 PM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: CO Gal
Experts Remove Bees, 450 Pounds Of Honey From Home

She was pretty distraught about it, too.

29 posted on 06/25/2005 5:20:12 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: hispanarepublicana

You got hives? I suggest self-medicating. Try a Stinger.


30 posted on 06/25/2005 11:35:32 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (<-- sick of faux-conservatives who want federal government intervention for 'conservative things.')
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To: twntaipan
"I can feel the bees on the outside of the house," exterminator Claude Griffin said

I feel their presence. Watch me as I use the Force to get them to evacuate the house planet.

31 posted on 07/07/2005 4:09:15 AM PDT by Cowman (Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
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