JPG Magazine: Stories: Photo Essay: Here come the Bee's

Here come the Bee's

By * Jeff Boucher

25 September 2008

So for the last few weeks I have heard a fluttering noise which I thought was wind coming through the sophets of my roof. Fom the living room I could hear the noise in the loft section of the upper living room. I investigated and thought the wind was blowing and dismissed it as nothing more than living in the country.

As the days carried on the noise became louder, On Saturday as I decided to sit for a while I noticed a bee trying to get out of the window. I opened it and let him go but continued to hear buzzing and the sound of something pecking at the windows from above. As I looked to the loft area in the living room the window above was entirely covered with bees. I couldnt see the sunlight and they appeared to be flowing down the walls. I was petrified. My wife and daughter were in the other area of the house and both the dogs were running around. I quickly sealed up the living room and decided to bomb the room with pest spray. After they all died I noticed there was a hole in the ceiling where the fluttering sound was coming from. The bees had come in through the ceiling. I thought for a while to spray in the hole and after consulting a few people I reluctantly called an exterminator. I was looking for someone to take the bees without killing them knowing that the bee population is diminshing. I found a wonderful man named Norman who collected bees for relocation and also medicinal purposes. Well Norman came today and let me tell you we had more bees than we all knew what to do with. As you can see the bees infested the ceiling and were ready to hatch more. Norman was able get the bees and I finally have my living room back.