Sweet News: Five Tings You Need to Know about Honey Bee Removal and Infestation

At times, honeybees break away from their hives, and a swarm of them go to establish a new colony. Unfortunately, if the swarm decide to set up camp in your home, it can be problematic. Here's what you need to know:

1. Spotting the Bees Moving in

Swarms can contain thousands of honeybees, and a swarm may fly over your garden or your home and not settle there. They may even rest of your wall for a while. Unfortunately, if there is a swarm on your wall, it can be hard to tell if they are moving inside.

Bees typically enter the wall one at a time through a small hole. Keep on eye on the swarm to see if it's shirking, but remember the shrinkage happens slowly, possibly over hours.

2. Trapping the First Bees in Your Home

If you believe bees are entering your home, cover yourself completely including putting a veil on your head. Ideally, you should wear a beekeeper suit, but sturdy coveralls, shoes and a mosquito net over your face will do. Gently approach the bees and shoo them away.

Then, you need to trap the bees that have entered your home. Find the hole and place a piece of metal screening or something the bees cannot get through over the hole. The bees in the wall will die when they can't escape to get food for the new colony.

3. Hiring Professional Help

In most cases, swarming bees do not attack. They have no honey or larvae to protect so they are even less aggressive than regular honey bees, which are not that aggressive at all. However, if you are not comfortable approaching them on your own, you may want to call a professional to help move them along.,

If the bees have already moved into your walls, you definitely need to call for professional help. A pest removal specialist can help assess where the hive is, identify the point of entry and figure out the best way to remove the bees.

4. Understanding the Risks of Bees in the Walls

If you have more than a few honey bees in the wall, you may want to avoid trapping them there. Their dead bodies will smell, and if they already have honey, it can leak all over your walls, causing damage.

5. Killing an Endangered Species

Honey bee populations are dwindling all over the world, and for that reason, you may think you need to avoid killing them, even if they enter your home. However, bee population is not dwindling because of pest removal services.

It has to do with pesticides used in farming. If you want to protect honey bees, have a professional (like those at All Seasons Carpet Cleaning & Pest Management) remove the bees from your house, and then, plant honey bee friendly plants for the living bees that can visit from nearby honey farms.