Bees & Wasps
If you’ve spent any time outdoors during summer months then you know all about bees. They are yellow and black and the often induce more fear into people than the situation warrants. Bees do sting, and people with allergies can be affected seriously. If a colony of bees sets up a hive around your property, children playing nearby, mowing the lawn or outdoor activities near that hive can be seen as aggression and stings can happen.
Beehives should not be messed with without the right equipment and safety measures. A & A Pest Control are bee control and bee removal experts and we safely remove hives, prevent their return, and use environmentally sound methods that will not interfere with commercial hives and pollinators.
SIGNS OF BEES
Probably the biggest sign is the increased bee activity around your home. Guard bees tend to stay relatively close to the hive and will investigate any perceived threat. If they find a threat, they send out a chemical alarm that will cause more bees to come to the situation and repel the threat. Hives can be visible and under eaves and decks, or they can be in the ground, which makes them harder to see.
Don’t assume that if you don’t see a hive that there might not be one nearby.
SIGNS OF BEES
- They are usually smaller
- They will build hives in the ground more often than European bees
- They will defend hives more aggressively and in larger numbers than average honey bees.
- They have more guard bees around their hive to look for threats
- Their threat radius is much larger than those of European honey bees
- They will chase after threats much farther than European bees, up to thousands of feet in some cases.
