One day we discovered bees inside our house. They were in a basement bathroom, flying around the light and walls. We did what most homeowners would do in the moment: we sprayed them. The immediate problem seemed solved. But the next morning we walked into the bathroom and discovered something much stranger. The floor was covered with dead bees. Not just a few. Hundreds. Even more strangely, the room next to the bathroom also had dead bees scattered across the floor. We cleaned them up, assumed the problem was finished, and moved on. The next morning, it happened again. Hundreds More…
Why Bat Droppings Kept Appearing on My Deck — and What Was Actually Living in My Eaves March 29, 2026
For several years, I kept noticing what looked like mouse droppings appearing on the same corner of my wraparound deck. It was easy to assume mice were the problem. The droppings were small, dark, and kept showing up in the same area. But the pattern never fully made sense. I was not seeing clear signs of mice elsewhere on the deck, and yet the mess kept coming back. Then my daughter heard rustling in the ceiling. That was the clue that finally pushed us to look more carefully at the outside of the house. What we discovered was that bats More…