Kicker: “Monster” in the walls

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Maybe you saw the old scary movie from the ‘70s about killer bees called The Swarm?

ANNOUNCER: I want every teacher and every student to close off whatever area you may be in at this very moment.

You can hear the swarm!

Well, here’s a bee story out of North Carolina. A little girl told her parents there were “monsters” in her bedroom. She’d just seen the movie Monsters, Inc, so mom Ashley Class figured that had sparked her daughter’s imagination.

Except, the family noticed more bees around the house, so they called in a beekeeper. Thermal imaging found a hive behind a wall in the child’s bedroom from floor to ceiling with 50,000 bees living in it!

Now, these are useful insects, not the killer kind ….so… baby girl moved to another room and the bees are being moved out of the house entirely.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Un-BEE-lievable.

REICHARD: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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