First in CT, there were ants and then termites that flew around our laundry room.
Back in NH we were a veritable hostile for wandering animals. We rescued a baby squirrel from our attic with a super long tree branch, we rescued a mouse from the same place using a single serve cereal box on a string, one other mouse wasn't so lucky and we had to cut a hole in the wall to get his mummified body out, and we even had a bat attached to the underside of our air conditioner one year.
We moved out here to WA and had to deal with mouse expeditions into our kitchen and some rats in our crawl space.
What the hell?!
So what if we use organic fertilizers and no weed killer on our property (hence the gigantic dandelion patch we've formed next to our house), we don't eat beef, we have those silly CFL lightbulbs everywhere, we recycle our food and paper towel waste, and I like to try catch and release "nice" bugs that happen to wander into our house.
Do they think that 'cause we're kinda environmentally friendly that we won't try to kick their asses if they invade our space?
There's been this noise in the upper corner of our living room (near the ceiling) for about a week or so now.
I could never really pin point what it was. Every time I heard it, Katie was up and about. It's practically impossible to listen for a weird noise with a three year old around. This is mostly because she is full of weird noises.
At first, I thought it was the tree outside scratching on the wall. Then, I noticed the noise continued even when the tree wasn't moving and that it wasn't so noisy during the night.
Then I thought, maybe it's a mouse digging into the side our our house. Been there done that. Maybe I should call someone? I've thought this for a few days now, but never got around to investigating.
Today I ventured outside to take a look at the location of the noise.
Under the eaves of the house there happens to be a little hole in the wood and about 5 or 6 six bees flew into the hole while I was standing there. Bees. After Katie laid down for her nap, I stuck my head against the wall to confirm and sure enough......"BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, scratch scratch, BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ."
The noise is louder today than it has been. I could even hear it above the din of Katie Play. Quite a feat I'd say. I made mention to Katie that bees seems to be making a hive in our wall. She was excited that they were bees. She doesn't want them to get into the house, but I think she thinks that they might be making honey for her to eat.
I called Terminix. They're supposed to call me back and send someone out. Problem is that it probably won't be until Monday. I don't wanna pay for emergency pest service.
Freakin' bees.
