The Bees from our attic! Over 10,000 bees were discovered one hot Saturday afternoon. Jared climbed up and saw this large mass of blackness swarming in our attic. We had had them over a year and didn't even know it. We had seen some dead bees inside light fixtures upstairs, and then saw some bees trying to get inside our roof from our street view. We were kinda of freaking out, not wanting to spend $1500 to get them removed by exterminators. I last minute posted an ad on Craigslist saying, "10,000 bees in our attic. Come get the free honey!" It worked! We were contacted that day and saved.
It took all afternoon, but they were vacuumed up. What a mess it made with all the honeycomb, insulation from the attic, bees and flies in my home and dirt everywhere. I felt like we were part of a Discovery Channel or something with how much we learned about the bee and honey making. What an answer to our prayers about figuring out a solution to this epidemic. Once the honey drained out of the cooler, it was pretty cool to taste it warm and knowing that it was from our own backyard. Neighbors were all wanting to witness the experience and for some reason, we weren't afraid of letting even our smallest kids near the swarming bees. They wanted inside that cage to be with the queen! Amazing experience.
