We had been sleeping inches away for weeks. Maybe months.
The reality hit hard. One bad vibration, one hot day, one structural shift—and the colony could’ve swarmed our bedroom. Children, guests, even us—we were dangerously close to disaster.
We sealed the room, called pest control, and watched in awe as the experts suited up. Even they paused at the size of the nest—one of the largest they’d ever seen inside a wall.
They explained how a single queen can grow a nest into thousands in just one season, and how a swarm’s venom could trigger severe allergic reactions or worse. We had been inches from a deadly hazard without even knowing it.
When the nest was gone, silence took its place. No buzzing. No scratching. Just relief—and the chilling memory of how close we’d come.
That night, lying in our bedroom, I kept replaying it: the wall splitting, the nest revealed, the danger inches from our heads.
We weren’t just lucky. We had been warned. And this time, we listened.
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