Church Has 1 Million Bees, Honey in Walls

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&e=5&u=/ap/20050708/ap_on_fe_st/bee_deviled_church

KNOX, Pa. - One could say that St. Mark United Church of Christ is bee-deviled. The church in Clarion County, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, has been infested with bees in its walls for about seven years. The church tried an exterminator and that didn't work. Now the problem has gotten so bad that honey oozes through its walls.


The church has hired McCool's Wildlife Removal of Rocky Grove to remove the honey, seal the damaged walls — and relocate an estimated 1 million bees to a local bee keeper.

Eric McCool, who owns the business, said it typically takes about a day to remove bees from an infested building, but the church is so badly infested it will take three or four days.

The bees aren't crazy about the move. McCool has been stung more than 100 times this week.

"I ended up going to the emergency room. Even though I'm not allergic, any time you have a large amount of venom, you have a toxic reaction," McCool told The Derrick of Oil City for Thursday's editions.

[GOPisEvil]

1. A million bees?

:scared:

[LynneSin]

3. Makes me wonder who counted all those bees

:shrug:

[GOPisEvil]

5. Probably the same person that estimates crowds for the media.

There's probably really 5 million bees. :eyes:

[yewberry]

2. Gaaah! Bees!

On the other hand, "bee-deviled" is pretty punny.

[Parche]

4. bees

May they sting all of the right wing hate filled people

[LynneSin]

7. HEY! I'm a christian and go to church - don't assume these people

are all asshole fristian fundamentlists

[Zuni]

13. me too

I hate how so many here assume that everyone who is Christian is some Jerry Falwell wannabe

[Deep13]

14. He didn't say that.

He simply wished that any RW Fundies present get stung, not that there necessarily are any.

[TimeChaser]

6. Near Pgh?

I wonder if anyone's licked the walls yet.

[tk2kewl]

8. That elevator news we get in my building said the church was...

Bee-deviled

[Der Blaue Engel]

17. Hey, your elevator tells you things too?

Creepy "Captivate"...I thought it was stupid at first, but now I get all bummed out if the screen isn't working on the elevator I get in. I suppose I should be worried about Big Brother. :)

[tk2kewl]

18. it's hypnotizing

and its all crap

[rocktivity]

9. Maybe they can recoup their extermination and construction costs

by selling the honey. With a million bees, there must be quite a bit of it!

:think:
rocknation

[tridim]

10. Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?

And wouldn't it be god's decision where god's creatures make their home?

[ashling]

11. Got milk?

you know, milk & honey . . . .

maybe they need an exorcist.

[nytemare]

12. I suppose if someone licked the walls there

then they wouldn't be crazy like most wall lickers.

[datasuspect]

15. IT'S A SIGN!!!!

PRAISE JEEEEBUSSS!!!!!!

[Kellanved]

16. OK. get Misshoneychurch

She's to blame.

[Der Blaue Engel]

19. I'm surprised no one has claimed to see Jesus in the honey

drippings.

[LastKnight]

20. SWEET JESUS

yea, bad pun, sorry.

and a bee keeper with the name of McCool... shouldnt he be like... in the hip hop buisness or something?

[Neshanic]

21. Speaking in tongues....licking walls. Yummy!

[Dukkha]

22. Imagine the Stingmata you'd get at that church

:7