A while ago, a strange thing happened to the family of tiktok blogger Ashley Massis Class.
（Ashley Massis Class）
Ashley's family of five lives in a 100-year-old farmhouse, with her and her husband and three children under the age of four.
One day, her eldest daughter suddenly asks Ashley for help, saying that there is a monster in her bedroom, and she hears a noise.
At first, Ashley didn't take it seriously, and the family happened to watch the animated movie "Monster Electric Company" a few days ago, and she thought that her daughter was influenced by the film and mistakenly thought that there were really monsters in the closet.
In order to appease their daughter, Ashley and her husband told her that there was nothing in the closet, and cooperatively prepared a spray filled with water for her, saying that it would ward off the "monsters". However, this did not solve the problem, and a few days later, the daughter's fears worsened......
(A still from "Monster Electric Company"; monsters come out of the closet to scare children)
She insisted that there must be monsters in the bedroom, and even had night terrors, and that she could only sleep peacefully by staying in her parents' room.
At this time, the Ashley couple still did not realize the problem, and thought that they had neglected their eldest daughter while focusing on other children, which caused her to develop behavioral degradation.
In short, the problem of the monster has not been solved until a few weeks ago, when several "uninvited guests" came to the house uninvited......
Ashley noticed a few bees in the attic and thought there was a hole in it, so he contacted a professional beekeeper to help fix it. However, several beekeepers who were invited in succession checked and said that there were no bees in the attic.
Until another observant beekeeper discovered that the bees had burrowed into the floor, and the wall below was connected to the eldest daughter's room......
The beekeeper happened to have a thermal imaging camera with him, and he went to his eldest daughter's bedroom to shoot on the spot, and when he saw that the entire wall on the screen was orange, Ashley was horrified: "I thought it was a corpse." ”
Thinking that my daughter had been saying that there were "monsters" in the house, everything instantly became terrifying......
(Camera display)
The beekeeper interrupted Ashley's rampage in time to determine that there should be a hive behind the wall, and he picked up a hammer and smashed through the wall, and in an instant, a large nest of bees flew out of the hole in a dense manner, and the scene was like a horror movie.
There was also some honey oozing from the walls, which was very dark in color, and it looked like human blood running down the pink walls of the bedroom, which was quite weird......
The beekeeper expertly closes the door to prevent the bees from escaping, then puts on his gear and continues to smash it, eventually discovering one of the largest hives he's seen in his 40-year-old career behind a wall.
After the destruction of the "hometown", countless bees flew around the house like crazy, dripping honey as they flew, and they were sticky everywhere.
(There are tens of thousands of bees in the walls of the eldest daughter's bedroom)
After a hard day's work, the beekeeper finally caught about 20,000 bees, plus cleaned up a large hive weighing more than 90 pounds.
But that's only part of the story, and the number of bees is far higher than expected......
(Partially removed bees)
Ashley locked the room, sealed the walls with plastic sheeting, waited for the beekeepers to come back the next day, and took another 20,000 bees with him.
But it was still not cleaned up, and new bees kept flying in, and they were everywhere, and soon they gathered again.
After several days of continuous work, the beekeepers estimated that a total of 50,000 bees had been captured and sent to the bee sanctuary along with the mother bees.
(The walls are temporarily sealed with plastic sheeting)
In addition, many bees died in their homes, and the Ashleys cleaned up thousands of dead bees every day.
Even when bees die, bee stings can still sting, and their corpses on the floor and windowsill are like "landmines", and the Ashleys have to wear rubber boots all day long, and run in and out of things to avoid being stung.
(There are a lot of dead bees on the windowsill)
Probably the only one who would be happy with this kind of scene was the eldest daughter, who apparently heard the "monster" sound from the 50,000 bees.
Now that the "monster" has been cleared, she finally stops feeling scared and gives the beekeeper who helped her drive the "monster" away with the handsome title - "Monster Hunter".
(The walls are almost cleaned)
However, the eldest daughter can't go back to the bedroom for the time being, because there is still a lot of aftermath work to be done in the house.
The beekeepers judged that the bees had been living in the walls for eight months, and at first they flew in through a hole the size of a coin, and then quickly multiplied and nested, so that the wires were covered in honey.
Now Ashley had to re-repair the holes, seal the entire farmhouse, reinstall the electrical wiring, add soundproofing to the entire wall, and so on...... It will cost about 20,000 US dollars (about 144,850 yuan).
After they were done, they had to wait for an additional two weeks to see if any other bees would come in and build their nests again...... Anyway, it won't be over for a while.
(More than 50,000 bees were captured)
Looking back on the whole incident, perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that Ashley and her husband discovered the true identity of the "monster" in time.
After all, their farmhouse has been built for more than 100 years, and the walls are made of plaster, and if the bees stay longer and continue to multiply, the walls will eventually burst because they can't bear it.
By that time, thousands of bees will flood into the eldest daughter's room,
Just imagining the scene of her daughter being besieged by bees, Ashley is scared into a cold sweat.
It is estimated that this yellow insect will become her nightmare for a long time in the future......