A St. Petersburg man says he’s fed up after months of trying to live with bees swarming inside of his apartment.
Matt Taylor says the bees started as a nuisance in May. Every few days, a few would sneak through the cracks by his front door.
In July, he started leaving his house at 4 p.m. most evenings because waves of them were flying into his apartment as it got closer to sundown.
“It’s been a month of some crazy days where I didn’t want to be in my house,” Taylor said.
By morning, most of the bees would be dead on the floor – in piles. On Saturday morning, Taylor says he cleaned up nearly 80 of them.
“It was like a landmine here late at night. I didn’t know what I was stepping on,” he said.
His downtown St. Petersburg on 5th Street S. is managed by Times Square Properties. Taylor said maintenance crews have tried to remedy the problem with foam, sticky traps and spray, but it was only getting worse with time.
Besides not being able to spend time inside his apartment, Taylor said he’s been stung a handful of times.
“I’ve been stung on my foot walking around barefoot in my house, and now I wear shoes everywhere,” he said.
Spectrum Bay News 9 reached out to Times Square Properties and has not immediately heard back.
This story will be updated with new information as soon as we have more.