Whilst I was away recently, I came back to the house and an infestation of bees. They had decided to take up residence in the wall cavity, gaining access through the void around the aircon drain pipe.
If they had decided to remain in the wall cavity then not so much of a problem but they decided to also take up residence in my office/study where the drain pipe passed though the wall. Unfortunately this meant a chemical attack as I didn't fancy sitting and sharing with a load of stinging critters at my computer.
When I first encountered the bees I went outside to take a look at where they were gaining access. I was only stood there watching them swarm around the pipe high above my head when one of the buggers flew inside my shirt and stung me on the right side of my chest. Now, I've been stung by bees several times in the UK and whilst they hurt, this was in a different league altogether. Despite them only being small, it hurt like hell. Not only that but the pain lasted several days instead of just fading away in a few hours.
I called for the pest squad, the one that usually deals with my termite problems, but the day before they arrived there was a huge swarm of bees outside the house, thousands of them flying around angrily (they looked angry to me but I wasn't going to go outside to find out for myself) and then a few hours later they were all gone. Even from the house they were gone and had decamped and gone to set up home elsewhere. Thankfully.
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