Here is today's story

---Got a call from a contractor I occasionally work for. There was some kind of sheet rock damage in the ceiling of a brand new house. He thought it was a leak so he tarped off the area. ---I went out and looked at the ceiling about 18 feet up in one corner of the room very close to an outside wall. Hmmm...Well, I need the tarp removed to see what the roof looks like. The roof is a one year old laminate shingle about 8/12. After spending 30 minutes removing and sealing all the new nail holes in the roof from the tarp I now can see the roof. ---The "leaky" area is out on the end of a hip and absolutely could not be leaking. The roof was obviously installed by professionals and looked excellent. ---I report that he needs to bust into the sheetrock area and see if we can learn anything. There is no crawl space but the sheetrock is damaged anyway so we cannot lose anything by trying. We set up my ladder on the nice hardwood floor and tarp off the area. ---Punching through we find a large bees nest on the sheetrock under the insulation. The bees had eaten through the sheetrock and left marks that looked just like water stains. Luckily the nest was empty. ---That was a first for me. His report will be interesting to read!

Lanny

Lanny, your story (literally) hits close to home. Last summer I had a bee colony move in right above my front entry. They were getting in the channels of the channel siding, so I tried caulking them. But before it could cure, a few kamakazie bees would wriggle through to open up the caulking, and the other bees would continue. So I had to putty the opening. After it was sealed, the 'leak stains' appeared. I had a tough time convincing my wife the roof wasn't leaking even though it hadn't rained. I think the trapped bees just got mad and started spitting at me.

I know, I need to clean my porch.

That`s a new one,Thanks for sharing it Lanny