Bees near your home can be a frightening experience. This is especially true if you have elderly or young children living with you. In the event that you have a bee infestation, it is necessary to perform effective bee removal as quickly as possible. However bees need to be handled carefully since they can sting and cause harm. Learning the best way to get rid of bees near your home can help you fend them off effectively.
All about bees
Sometimes people think they have a bee infestation when they don’t. What they are mistaking for bees are wasps, hornets, horseflies, yellow-jackets and other related insects. Prior to enacting any bee removal methods, it is essential to properly identify bees in the home to ascertain whether or not you in fact have a bee infestation. Care and caution must be used when attempting to determine which type of insects are infecting your home. it is always wise to use the services of a professional bee removal company when attempting to do this.
Bees like to make large families and one colony can host between 8,000 to 60,000 bees. If you do in fact have bees near your home they could either be honey bees or bumble bees. You can tell which is which by looking at their coloring so you can determine what type you have and perform adequate bee removal. Honey bees are brownish and fuzzy while bumble bees are yellow. Honey bees do not sting but bumble bees do and so great care must be taken near the nesting places.
Getting professional help
A professional bee removal company or a beekeeper is the best option for safely removing bees from your property. They know the best techniques and methods to effectively remove large nests without severely disrupting the bees. If the nests are lodged within roofs or walls, they can be very hard to remove. This is because they usually have between 20 to 80 pounds worth of honeycomb in them. In order to effectively remove the hive, the honey comb itself must be cut out of the hive. A professional bee removal company can do this without worry or concern.
Bees can be scary but with professional help, it is easy to get rid of them so you can have complete safety and peace of mind.
Wildcat Exterminating can handle all of your bee removal needs.
