Busy bees: Australian finds beehive in bedroom wall

26 September, 2017 | Uncategorized
Thick walls of honeycomb are seen formed in the bedroom wall cavities of a residential house in the Newcastle, Australia September 23, 2017, in this image taken from social media. (Photo: Megan Sutherland via Reuters)

Australian homeowner Megan Sutherland had a quite a shock when she heard a buzzing sound on the weekend.

“It was like a blanket of bees just out the window. It was just unbelievable,” she told the Nine Network.

Sutherland soon discovered that the bees had built thick slabs of honeycomb in a bedroom wall of her home near the city of Newscastle.

Thick walls of honeycomb are seen formed in the bedroom wall cavities of a residential house in the Newcastle, Australia September 23, 2017, in this image taken from social media. (Photo: Megan Sutherland via Reuters)

A bee expert cited by the Newscastle Herald said the hive could have been there for two years or more and recent hot weather had brought the bees back.

Sections of the plaster wall had to be cut open to remove the bees and honeycomb.

“I plan on selling the honey and bee wax to friends,” Sutherland told Reuters.

 

Reuters