A British couple were shocked to find their home transformed into a giant beehive after seeing honey sprouting from the floorboards. The incident happened in Folkestone, Kent, about 100km from London England.
Kate Dempsey and her husband Andrew Dempsey told the English newspaper Chron that at first they did not attach much importance to the black spots that appeared in the house, thinking it was dampness.
But after a while, a strange sweet smell began to be felt in the house and they became concerned. Kate told the Chron she then decided to pull out the floorboards and found a six foot piece of honeycomb containing gallons of honey.
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British couple find their house transformed into a giant honeycomb Photo: Reproduction/SWNS/Chron
While trying to find a company to clean all the comb in the house, the couple got another scare when they were given a budget of up to £10,000 (almost R$64,000).
The two then decided to ask some friends for help and face the problem on their own, they tell the British newspaper. Protected by rubber gloves, they removed the large honeycomb in pieces.
Working on hot summer days (Northern Hemisphere), the team also had to face swarms that didn’t take the situation very well and struggled to keep control of the honey.
Since not everything was sweet, the couple and their friends even had to remove worms and moths from the honey and infiltrate the floor of the house, the Chron reported.
The discoveries, according to Kate, seemed endless. During the saga, she related that she had found an old beehive that was completely rotten.
“It took us about four weeks in total to remove all the honey, but we were all very keen to do our best not to disturb or kill the bees,” Kate told the Chron.