Attack of the killer bees!!!

Well our day started out like most days do. I knew I had to be at my folks house at 9am. As us girls and Jade had some stuff to do. (had to pick up our new chickens.) And visit with some friends of the family.

We get home get the chickens in their new home. Let the doggy’s out to go potty. And as they were going I had to climb in mama pigs pen to fix the roof of her new home. Then I decided to show mom how she liked her belly rubbed. As I was showing her one of the chickens got caught in the netting. Mom went to go help.

When Harley decided to rile up the chickens *gulp*. Well next thing you know chickens are freaking out and jumping outta their pen. 3 got out. We all had to wrangle chickens and doggy’s. They got one chicken in as I grabbed up doggy’s and got them inside. As to keep them from chasing after the chickens.

We headed after a hen. When she jumped up on my well house. (now mind you we have to catch the chickens with a fishing net). So Spring did as she should and use the net to grab her. Now first she jumped off the well house then trucked it right back up there.

Spring took another grab at her with the net. And got her. I walked around to where Spring was to help grab chicky. Next thing I knew mom was swatting at a bee flying around Rosy’s head. Within a second I look back where the chicken was to see a SWARM of BEES!!!!! I yell bees and we scramble. Mom got stung as she headed to the van with Jade and Rosy.

Spring ran for the trees. I stayed put to deter the bees from going after anyone but me. Once they calmed a bit we got everyone into the house through the back door.

Mom called dad and he came down with the spray to kill them. He dressed up in his “bee suit” and went after them. He killed all of them in the *first nest*. Now at that moment we thought there was only one. I learned later that there is ANOTHER one.

My folks after all was calmer headed home to feed their furbabies. And I waited for hubby to come home. To have him come through the back door. As to avoid having him get stung. As he is allergic!

As I waited for him. I went out to try and clean up the hay and stuff around the well house and that is when I found the second nest!! I called dad and we decided to kill that one off tomorrow. I gotta get more spray to kill them with.

Hubby got home and made it inside A’OK. *whew*.

So tomorrow I pray things go well and that I can get rid of all of the evil bees. (I love bees till they turn mean. Oh and for the chicken that was right in the swarm She seems to be doing ok. She survived when I pulled her off the well as Spring ran to get away(as she needed to). But as I pulled chicky off the well house she just fell as if DEAD. I was worried. I found her A’OK tucked in a bush to keep the bees off of her. She actually saved me from getting stung. As I reached to get her out a bee flew right at me. She flew up and knocked that bugger into the next county!

I am forever grateful that the hen did what she did. As otherwise hubby could have been the one to find the nest ALONE and may not have survived. It hurts knowing though mom got stung. She seems to be ok. Still sore and where she got stung is throbbing. And her nose is stuffed up. I checked on her after she got home. And I’ll check on her in the morning.

I’m glad that things didn’t get as bad as they could’ve. So everyone seems to be ok. The chickens are all in their home. Tomorrow will finish up the bees.

We’re still not quite sure what kinda bee it is though. As they aren’t a bumble bee, or a hornet, or a wasp. It looks like a honey bee?!?! So either they are pissed off honey bees. OR they are killer bees. As they can get make it up here. We shall see once I can find a dead one to take a pic of to really look at.

So that was our adventurous day today……….. I pray this never has to happen again.