Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Bees!!

I have shared before that I named my blog after the Sanctus Real song "Whatever You're Doing". It has the line, "Whatever you're doing inside of me it feels like chaos but I believe you're up to something bigger than me." As life does feel like chaos I am so thankful that God is up to something bigger than me, and bigger than my family. And that even within the everyday chaos I feel, He is working. And I know that sometimes God does His best work in the chaos, but still . . .

This is some chaos I could have lived without!
BEES! More bees than I have ever seen in my entire life hanging in one gigantic busy bee swarm off the SIDE OF MY ROOF!

What would you think if you looked out your 2nd story window one Sunday morning and saw this?

I am too tired to share the whole story tonight, but stay tuned for tomorrow's post filled with our adventures over the last week and a half since noticing this bee swarm -- 1. bee internet research, 2. multiple calls to bee experts, 3. waiting a couple days for the bees to "move on" as the experts said they would 4. bees don't "move on" 5. bees in the attic, 6. bee keepers, 7. kids extremely excited about bee keepers 8. bee suits, 9. our family's front row window seat to THE BEE REMOVAL! 10. angry bees flying everywhere, hitting the window, coating the bee keeper's suit 11. large quantities of honeycomb being pulled from the wood trim around our roofline, 12. honey dripping from under our roof, 13. Popcorn (oh yes, popcorn fits in to this madness!)

This is our real life! I wish I were making it up!!


Find more Thankful Thursday at Women Taking A Stand, Thousand Words Thursday at Cheaper Than Therapy, Thursday {Thirteen} at Happy to be @ Home

24 comments:

  1. That is just INSANE! Too many bees for me!
    Happy ATWT!!!

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  2. Wow. I think it's bad when we have raccoon problems but I would much rather deal with raccoons than bees! I am assuming no one got stung (thankfully) and that the bees are now gone. Maybe now you can catch up on your rest. Glad to hear the bees are gone!

    Lori
    www.petersonstlouis.com

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  3. Just looking at this picture gives me the heebie jeebies. Yikes!!

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  4. How funny ... your bees and my honey!!! lol that picture is totally amazing, I cannot wait to hear the complete story. Thanks for sharing your grateful heart with us today! -Laurie

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  5. Ya know. Bees are a wonderful thing and very important part of our food chain, but STILL! I'm with ya. I'd be scared. Keep us posted.

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  6. oh my gosh! ...goose bumps. yikes!

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  7. I could not handle that! I am allergic to bees so I would have a heart attack before i could make a phone call to any bee experts! God Bless You!

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  8. Bless your heart, sorry you had to deal with this problem.

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  9. UGH.....I'd have to move!!!

    They don't make an epi pen big enough to handle that!!

    My throat is swelling just reading your post!!

    I'm sorry you had to deal with that!!!

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  10. Oh lord!

    http://iamharriet.blogspot.com/2009/06/lovin-thursday.html

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  11. Omigosh! Look at the bees! Now THAT is a problem......

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  12. What a mess. I had to laugh out loud at #3 and #4, though. :)

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  13. OH MY! And popcorn fits most situations.

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  14. What a week! I can't wait to hear the rest!

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  15. Oh my dear word. That is a huge beehive. I'm definitley interested in how you got rid of that thing...and how popcorn has anything to do with it : )

    I love that song by Sanctus Real, too!

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  16. Wow that sounds crazy.. but what a cool picture! I would have freaked out!

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  17. Whoa! I'm definitely curious to see how you got rid of that ;)

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  18. Oh my goodness! We had a swarm soon after we moved in!! It is quite the experience--especially if you aren't familiar with bees.

    There is a cool story that goes with our swarm...which I wrote about. If you get a chance, you might get a smile out of it! :)

    Can't wait to hear the rest of your story!!

    http://raisethemup.blogspot.com/2008/09/50000-bees.html

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  19. holy craziness... can't wait to learn more

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  20. Oh my word. Looking forward to the rest rest of the story. I love your name and I love the song too.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Have a Blessed Friday
    Sherry

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  21. That is crazy! Being new to Maryland we have been battling ants inside our house. Why can't all these pests stay out of our homes.

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  22. You must have been scared. My son is allergic to bees. He'd probably pass out if he saw this picture. Hope your weekend goes well!

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