"I think he dropped out maybe Saturday," said Delois Drummond as she pointed to a dead bee on her bathroom sink.
Drummond said the unwanted visitors have been staying in the bathroom of her Spartanburg apartment for months.
"Immediately after turning the light on they just start singing in the vent and they start dropping out sometimes," Drummond said.
She said she's often afraid to use her toilet or shower, worried she'll get stung.
"The bathroom always smells sweet because I think they are actually working some beehive," said Drummond.
We counted up nearly two dozen bees Drummond says she's collected over the last couple months and kept in baggies. She said she already turned in baggies with bees to management in order to get help.
"I wanted to save this as proof that I am not lying about the bees," said Drummond as she held up the baggies.
Drummond said she complained to The Timbers apartment complex and they sprayed freon in the vent feeling that would help but she says the problem continues.
News Channel 7 tried to contact the apartment complex by phone and e-mail but so far we have not received a response.
Our next stop was Magistrate Court. We learned that for $80 a tenant can take legal action by filing a summons and complaint. Click here to view those forms. Judge Donnie Willingham told us a judge can't order the landlord to remove the bees but can allow a tenant out of a lease and recover the filing fee and any monies lost during a move.
Since Drummond said the apartment complex hasn't fixed the problem, that may be her only choice.
Don't forget that renters have rights. Click here for information from the SC Bar Association.
If you need legal advice you can contact the South Carolina Bar Lawyer Referral Service at 800-868-2284. You may be able to qualify for free help by calling the Legal Aid Telephone Intake Service
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