'Bee Whisperer' uncovers horrifying find in wall of home

It looks like an ordinary wall on an ordinary brick house in the suburbs. But wait until you see what’s lurking behind.

Images shared on Facebook this week have left us with goosebumps, after it was revealed what had been hiding inside this completely inconspicuous house in the suburb of Germantown, Tennessee, US.

At first glance there doesn’t appear to be anything out of the ordinary.

Any ideas of what might be hiding?

Here is another hint – an image taken with an infrared camera shows there is definitely something in the wall.

The photos were shared to social media by David Glover, who runs The Bartlett Bee Whisperer.

Under the title of “Holy Huge Comb“, he shared the entire process of discovering a huge bee hive inside this family’s wall.

“Every once in a while I get a call that makes me cringe,” he wrote alongside the 18 images.

“As much as I dreaded removing the bricks, the final view of the hive was awesome! The homeowner was more than pleased that we were able to remove and relocate the bees and their hive.”

David averages around 200 hive removals ever year and despite the enormity of this project, he told Yahoo Lifestyle that it isn’t the biggest he’s seen, but that the home owners were fairly horrified.

“Most people assume the hive will be like a wasp or hornets’ nest,” he told us. “The reality is beyond their imagination”.

“The homeowner, like most of my previous clients, was mesmerised. Many start walking up to get a better view, and have to be reminded that bees do sting and that my bee suit protects me, not them.”

When called into a job, David works with smoke to interrupt the bees’ communication systems and make them easier to work with.

“I use a smoker that confuses the bees’ ability to speak and hear each other,” he explains.

“During that confusion, they continue doing their last job until the smoke clears, and I do my work, removing the combs and then vacuuming the bees.”

Most of the bees survive the removal process and the next job is to find a new home for them. They stay in David’s backyard for the first month to ensure they’re in goof health, and then further steps are taken depending on the season.

“All colonies are relocated,” he says. “In the spring they go into my own empty hives, or the hives of those I mentor that year.

“Later in the year, the removal colonies go to other beekeepers who have lost colonies the previous winter. I give these bees to them, mostly honey producers who have contracts to fill or friends who have lost bees.”

“Bees were entering the wall via a weep hole between the bricks as well as via a gap between the bricks and the corner of the window,” he explained in the caption.

David’s post has been shared over 57,000 times and received 11,000 comments.

“I know bees do so much good, but seriously I would freak if this were my house,” one person commented.

“This is both disgusting and super interesting,” another wrote.

“If I saw this in person I would die of a heart attack,” was another response.

“Literally my worst nightmare,” another person wrote.

Yes, nightmare.

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