getting rid of the bees

I don’t know why, but our house has been under attack from all sorts of critters lately.

I told you about the bat that was in the house.  I didn’t tell you that there was a second bat the next night.  I caught it behind the laundry room door.  One of our fearless felines was crouched just outside the door, patiently searching for a way to get at the little furry vampire.

A couple of days ago Kim D was over visiting with her pup, Rosie.  They usually stop by in the afternoon to let the dogs out (who let the…made you sing it!).  I was inside minding my own business when I heard a ruckus developing.  Kim was hollering at the dogs to “Git away from there!”  Then I heard her mention something about a bee getting her.  I moseyed outside to see what was the matter.  Levi and I had just fended off a minor swarm in the front yard the day before.  It turns out that there was a little hole in the ground that was home to a colony of bees.  The dogs got ’em stirred up, and Kim was the beneficiary of their stirring.  I think the dogs got zapped once or twice, but they seemed ok.  Kim’s ear was a big red mess.

I tried some home remedy that I found on the interwebs–boiling water poured down the beehole at night, with a screen covering the hole so they couldn’t escape.  When I inspected my handiwork the next day, there were about 50 bees buzzing around the screen trying to get back to their apartments, I suppose.  I doused the sucker again last night, but this morning there were still bees present.

Somewhere in our timeline, Dasher must have gotten on the bad side of the bees.  He was real lethargic over the past day or so, limping around, not wanting to play with Rosie, not able to put weight on his front paws…I think he reaped the wrath of the bees.  He was feeling a little more lively tonight, and I took care of the bee problem the old fashioned way: I sprayed the heck out of ’em!

How do you deal with pests in your life?  Turning the corner, how do you deal with sin?  Do you try some “possible fix” that you heard about, only to discover that only part of the problem/sin is affected?  Or do you pull out the big guns from the start?

Here’s Jesus’ view on dealing with sin:

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It’s better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’

Them’s some mighty strong words…it might be time to break out the big guns.