{"id":450449,"date":"2026-09-28T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450449\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:26:09","slug":"relief-man-i-can-sleep-tonight-houston-retiree-able-to-rest-peacefully-after-months-of-buzz-and-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450449\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief!: \u201cMan, I can sleep tonight\u201d, Houston retiree able to rest peacefully after months of buzz and fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 When Don Lewis started noticing bees around the side of his home in southeast Houston, he knew he had a problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The bees had built a colony underneath the window of his master bedroom in the 5600 block of Malmedy Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Lewis, a retiree from the City of Houston, had been living with the unwanted guests for months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The challenge was one he could not address on his own which is why he reached out to 2 Helps You. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bngreen.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bngreen.net\/\">Bee\u2019n Green<\/a>, a Houston-area company owned by Travis Feiner, a specialist in removing bees and transplanting them into a new box environment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">It took the bees months to build their home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Travis and his son, Justin, dismantled it in no time <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">As the work continued, the team uncovered the extent of the hive inside the wall. The honeycomb providing clues as to how long the bees had been there. The lighter-colored comb was newer, while the darker comb indicated older sections of the hive. Feiner estimated the bees had been living there for at least six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The work was finished when the honeycomb had been removed from inside the wall and the bee colony was gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">For Lewis, the difference was immediate, \u201cMan, I can sleep tonight. It\u2019s wonderful,\u201d Lewis said, then quickly adding, \u201cMr. Mario, you came through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Lewis, a former City of Houston employee, said he was grateful that Bee\u2019n Green was willing to step in and help, \u201cI thank him so much,\u201d Lewis said as he looked at Travis, \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful thing, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">After months of dealing with the bees, Lewis finally had his bedroom back. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">If you have a problem that you\u2019ve tried relentlessly to solve, and can\u2019t, let us know about it <a href=\"https:\/\/help.click2houston.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/help.click2houston.com\/home\/\">through the KPRC 2 Help Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Start Here, Houston<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790630769_492_kprc_news2know.webp\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 When Don Lewis started noticing bees around the side of his home in southeast Houston, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[12599,154933,19915,154931,405,154928,56,58,57,154929,27,154932,154930],"class_list":["post-450449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-2-helps-you","tag-bee-hive-in-wall","tag-bees","tag-community-help-feature","tag-harris-county","tag-hive-removal","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-nest-removal","tag-texas","tag-transplanting-bees","tag-urban-beekeeping-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}