So...all I had to do was get the ladder out and climb up to the birdhouses and get my robin's nest that was on top, and while I am up there maybe clean out the house under it so that it is open for a new family to move into...sounds pretty simple right?
I grabbed the ladder...put it in place and then my garden gloves, two ice cream pails and a scraper. I headed up the ladder.
Now, this is where the story gets a little dicey. I scraped my nest (very carefully) from the top of the house on the right. Good...it's in my pail.
Next, open the house and remove all the rubbish inside so that someone can move in-just as any good landlord should! Easy! NO! I open the front...stick my hand in and pull all the left over mess from the previous tenants. Put it in the pail ....and then it happened...the pail in my hand started to BUZZ!!!! Have you ever seen a fireman slide down the ladder holding only the rails? I kinda did one of those. When the cloud of bumble bees came flying out of the pail, I almost fell off the ladder! I dropped all but the pail with my precious nest in it and slid down! (and not in a graceful way either...I was also saying some not so nice words on my scared little way!)
I had to stay inside with another breed of "Bumble Bee" and his big sister Pooh, as the real thing was outside angry and flying around very fast....so I had to wait for photos until this morning... which gave me a chance to change the pants I soiled.-(kidding) Here is the nest I waited so long and impatiently for!!!
It leans on a bit of and angle...but I can work with anything...I waited forever for this!!!
It absolutely blows me away that 4 baby robins lived in this tiny nest...Where's the stuff I pulled out of the inside of the house????
I can't just put it back inside the birdhouse...so I put it in a tall garbage can so that the bees can escape...there aren't too many of them left around...so I don't want them to die...It is not buzzing anymore...so I think they are gone. They aren't the huge type...they were very small...the size of a small jelly bean....there is not one clue of a bee hive in there...so I don't know what they are doing inside the birdhouse.
For now...the one on the right is a bee house...and the one on the left is full of sparrows. Good thing I grabbed the nest first or it would still have been up there!
Comments
XOSue.
What an experience you had getting that robin's nest down. Glad you survived the ordeal.
Your escapade was funny the way you wrote it but I had the same experience and I know the fear you must have had. I had a "decorative" birdhouse on a shelf of my patio and I took it down to clean it up a bit and a million bees (Those big black and yellow things) freaked out and started flying out. I dropped it and ran! I ended up spraying the birdhouse with a hose and they all left the area. I was then able to clean it out.
I'm really careful with stuff like that. Hornets invade and nest in my mailbox at the lake, so I am always holding my breath when I open it!!
What do you use the nests for??
xoxo
Jane
It is the BIG bees and they do not like to be messed with! I've got a pic of it in a post on my blog.
Wonder what the deal is? More bees this year or what?
I am so glad you did not fall off that ladder!
Bee Careful! LOL
No really Toots be careful we don't want to loose our friend!
Tracy
blessings
mary
I would have loved to seen you going down that ladder. Too bad, you didn't have a camera rolling or you could have put it on AFV. :)
Glad you weren't hurt and didn't get stung though. Down here, we only see the robins when the Spring first comes. Then they go away and we don't see them anymore til the next spring. I always wondered where they went.
The nests are wonderful.
Laura
~Ann
Now what are you planning to do with the pretty nest?
Justine :o )
(((HUGS)))
Donna
Glad you're ok! hehehe
Keep your feet on the ground for a while.
Faye
BTW, you are right, relaxing and chillin' and Tootsie do not mix. However, you should try it sometime, lol!
Debbie
Ramona