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Experience: my house was taken over by 70,000 bees

My daughter complained of monsters in her closet – at night she could hear a hum in the wall

Experience: my house was taken over by 70,000 bees

TL;DR

  • A three-year-old girl reported hearing a hum in the wall and seeing monsters, initially dismissed by her parents.
  • A third beekeeper discovered a large bee hive behind the wall of the girl's bedroom using a thermal camera.
  • An extraction process removed 40,000 bees and 100lb of honeycomb, followed by further removals of 20,000 and 10,000 bees.
  • The family spent $20,000 on repairs, which were not covered by insurance.
  • The bees were taken to an apiary to aid in their population increase.
  • The girl referred to the beekeeper as a "monster hunter" and seemed vindicated by the discovery.