Ok, I have a new thing I hate about Spring.
This one has bumped allergies from the number one spot.
This one has bumped allergies from the number one spot.
Late last night Rusty was doing the dishes and he told me to come downstairs. He said he had opened a cupboard and a wasp had flown out and then gotten into the space between the cupboards and the ceiling (FYI home builders the tool used to eliminate that problem was called a LEVEL). Moving on to this morning. I was getting ready for the day and I head buzzing, and I knew it was not a trapped fly noise. So, I tried to see where it was coming from. My medicine cabinet, not in it, luckily, but behind it. And once again, our lovely builders had left a small gap and I could see little legs trying to fit through and get free. SO I scream, grab Berk, run downstairs, find the Raid and run back up (still screaming BTW). I sprayed as I could but it was a weird angle. Anyway the buzzing stopped.So I while later I am in the back yard with the boys filling the bird feeder and I hear buzzing. I turned around and looked up and there were a swarm of Wasps ON MY HOUSE! AGH! Basically on the part of my wall directly behind the mirror I had been doing my makeup at. Yes, I am still creeped out about that. Actually, if you listened you could hear them hitting the wall. YUCK!
So I called a Beekeeper who came right out to my house. The wasps were more or less gone in a span of 2 hours. I guess they were scouting bees that travel around looking for a new place to set up shop. They come, scent the place for the future and leave to find other places. The bee guy checked my entire yard, trees, bushes basically and everything is all clear. He left some spray behind that works as a deterrent and I see some spackling of any small hole on my house in Rusty's near future. I am still shuddering randomly. Gross.
On a funny note, Braden though today would be the best day to make a honey sandwich for lunch. At least the wasps didn't scare him! Just be on the lookout, and call a beekeeper if they come to your yard. 30,000 wasps can move into a space the size of a shoebox in under 20 minutes... think on that-eww.
24 comments:
You didn't send those gross things my way did you!? It's so scary to have a mass amount of what your allergic to flying around the house. I always have a Epi-pen around if you're ever in need.
That is disgusting. I totally HATE bees, wasps, flies, mosquitos, etc. Hopefully they won't come back!
I hate those things more than anything! It's my biggest phobia. And unfortuniately for me, there's no such thing as a beekeeper around here. He sounds like a miracle worker! I'm SO jealous!
YIKES! That is so creepy! I pretty much despise anything that crawl or flies and has four legs!Good luck sleeping!
so far we only get them in our shed every year, and that is plenty creepy enough! By the way how the heck did you know/think to call a beekeeper?!?!?
Arizona has scorpions AND wasps! We're definitely staying away now! :)
Does not sound like fun. We get wasp nests under our eves and our porch. We have to watch for them every year. I hate them.
Yeah, that is so gross. I'd be freaking out too!
Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww! *Shudder*
We had bees set up shop on our mailbox last summer. JJ and our neighbor had a grand ol time getting rid of them!
Ugh Caryn, that's awful! You are so smart to call a bee keeper. Wasps are so much scarier than bees too! I can't believe your statistic at the end of your post, Sean was even shuddering when I read it to him. Scary!
Yikes! That is scary! I hate bee's and wasps and pretty much anything with more legs than me that can run faster... We have been having an issue with them at my house this year too. And my puppy is allergic to them. No good! I wonder if we have a beekeeper that I can call???
Scary! I swear sometimes it feels like it's us against nature.
We hate them as well. Usually during the summer months we get little nests in the eves of the house and it's a total pain to spray and knock them down. luckily they haven't come here yet, but they will soon!
We had a huge swarm of the black carpenter bees in our yard one summer in Phoenix. I totally understand why you were creeped out by the wasps. Arizona and bee-type bugs seem to go hand-in-hand. I am glad they left your house.
Ew...no thank you. Glad you got them cleared out and no one got stung.
Caryn, When I sent you an invite to my blog the first time I typed the address in wrong. Hopefully you get it this time. If not let me know. Sorry!! I didn't forget you.
Way to act quickly! I'm impressed with your speedy raid attack on the bee upstairs, and your instant call to the beekeeper. There's no messing around when the bees are in town! :)
We have been through the bee thing. When Aidan and Alec were little Mia and I were swinging them out in the yard, and Alec got stung on the leg by a wasp. A short time later he got stung again. Both times Aidan was right there too, but the bees preferred Alec. He was NOT honored. Aidan eventually got his turn, but it was interesting how Alec was usually the target. Not those two are right there to help Grandpa spray when nest settle in somewhere - usually under the front steps of the porch or in the eaves above the porch. Of course they would pick that spot, as that is where all the traffic and human targets are.
Yeah that doesn't sound like much fun. You are smart to call a beekeeper. I didn't even know there was such a person until I read your post. I'm glad you got the bees taken care of.
Hey Girly, Thanks so much for the card you are so thoughtful and sweet. I really appreciate the love and support.
I feel your pain! You heard Denny tell the story of the swarm. You should go look at all the dead bees. I feel a little bad after watching the Be Movie. Why are they so annoying and why do they have to sting is my question? I have not seen a scorpion yet but that will really freak me out.
hi caryn, this is jaymee (mclelland) sirrine. I came across your blog and have a lot of fun reading it, so i added you! i hope we run into each other at target again! :)
I hate bees. Always have. Austin is severely allergic too! In our old house (I swear I am not lying either) we had a wasp nest in our chimney and in one day Dave killed 31 wasps. I had a freakin heart attack. So I empathize. Glad to know there are such people to come and save us poor wasp hating souls.
that would not be ok with me either. i have already RUINED my poor daughter by freaking out about bees. now she is even scared of flies. so sad. and i am equally a freak about spiders, bugs, scorpions especially.
i am glad you got rid of them!
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