AN Australian woman has discovered a mysterious sticky substance leaking from the wall in her home in Perth. Diana Gomes uncovered the “very weird” find while simply moving a couch with her husband. The thick liquid was oozing out of the wall across an area about 1 meter wide and creating pools on the floor. “We touched it and it was thick and sticky. It didn’t smell like anything. It looked like blood but it wasn’t blood because we touched it and it didn’t feel like blood. “The closest thing I could think was honey, ‘this really looks like honey,’” Diana said. Her thoughts were confirmed when both her and her husband tasted a tiny amount. But there were still missing pieces of the puzzle, given there were no bees in or around the house. Diana said they had bought the house four years ago and knew there was a fireplace that had been covered up by previous owners. “My husband went to the roof and checked the top and the chimney was completely sealed and there were no bees around,” she said, adding the situation was “intriguing.” They suspected a hive was in the fireplace or chimney behind the wall and a recent heatwave had caused it to melt. Diana later shared a video on Facebook as her husband peeled back the plaster, uncovering a huge hive. “Oh my god,” she said, as her husband poked the hive and laughed in disbelief. It turned out they needed to remove 101 kilograms of hive and honey. Perth experienced two heatwaves over Christmas and January, when temperatures reached over 40 degrees Celsius for up to six days running, which the couple suspect made the honey melt. (SD-Agencies) | 