Bee Attack Update

The last two nights Jonathan has donned his bee fighting outfit, climbed out on the roof and attempted to kill as many bees as possible. I stand on the ground outside watching just to make sure that things are going okay. The first night, just after his attack, several disoriented bees found their way into various rooms of the house. We then sprayed them and waited for them to die. Listening from the girls' room (without even having my head against the wall) I could hear swarms of angry bees buzzing loudly in the wall. This was quite disturbing.

Last night Jonathan again prepared for an attack on the bees, I was again watching from the ground. After spraying them some, he used the saw and a crowbar to make a bigger hole in the wall, just a bit lower than the small hole that they are using to get in and out of the house. He then sprayed all around through that hole. Again after his attack there were bees inside the house. This time quite a few more than there was before. I could once again hear the bees buzzing in the wall. We blocked ourselves off in the other part of the house. Over an hour later we were still killing bees in the kitchen, bathroom and landing room. When looking out the bathroom window, we should see hundreds maybe even thousands of bees walking/crawling around on the back porch roof. After seeing this I was sure that I would have nightmares. I was hoping to see how many bees had actually died during the night. But just before we got up this morning it started to rain. I am sure that many of the bees got washed off of the roof. There were quite a few of them still there. All day long Jonathan and I have been hearing bees. Mostly it is in our imagination. There were still bees flying around outside today. I am sure that many of them have died. After another attack or two we might be able to see if we can start getting honey and the hive out of the wall.