For the past year my home has smelled like honey, I thought it may have been my brother smelling that way since he is diabetic and spends A lot of time there however it seems his diabetes is in check and he keeps his glucose levels normal. I then thought it could be my dog, she is 12 and has trouble controlling her bladder, had her checked out..she is fine. I'm not diabetic either. So i noticed i have a lot of bees out in the shed about a 100 ft away, they look like large bumblebees not honey bees. I didn't hear any buzzing in the wall, but just this honey sweet smell, it smells like someone has dumped a container of honey over and let it set, but this has been going on for a year now. Any ideas would be wonderful.
Since you asked for home and garden, there can be many flowers that smell like honey. Try a spot a few flowers where the smell's the strongest, that could be it. Also, not all bees produce honey and they tend to find a more secluded area to inhibit, so those bees you see are probably just wasps.
