WOOD BEEF, BUTTONS AND MORE: NEW TEXAS HOME HOMECOMES REBUILD FOR 2018
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The article appears in the September 2018 issue of The Texas Tribune.
More articles by this authorA woman walks past a home in Brownsville, Texas, on Aug. 14, 2017.
A new home for a small Texas family will soon be on the market, with a new owner saying he is looking for a “great house.”
A new home in Texas will soon become available for sale after a Houston man purchased a home that once housed a large colony of wood bees.
The home is in the community of Brownsville.
It is currently home to the Wood Bees, a colony of honey bees, which were removed from their home and relocated to a new home on Jan. 10, 2019.
A petition filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service states that the bees are now “very unhealthy.”
It was also moved to another home in the neighborhood, but the owner decided to move the bees to the new home.
The bees were relocated to the site of a barn, which is about half the size of a house.
“It’s like losing a house to the desert and we’re going to rebuild it,” said Jeff Jones, the owner of the home, which he purchased from a business owner for $5,000.
The owner said he was concerned about the bees’ health and said he would like to see a “good home for them.”
Jones told The Texas Times that the family is still looking for an additional home and is asking for donations to help pay for the new house.
He said the bees were taken from the property and transported to a barn in nearby Johnson County.
The family is seeking help in getting the bees back to their home because of the damage to the barn.
Jones said he will work with the county to get the bees relocated to another location.
He will then sell the property.
The county has not commented on the cause of the bees.
