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Do It Yourself Pest Control for Bees

Honeybee
Honey Bees

Honeybees are very important to agriculture everywhere in that they pollinate numerous food crops. The earth would be a much hungrier planet without these busy insects. That being said, honeybees can be serious pests when they establish a nest in or on a structure. The most serious problems result when a swarm locates a small opening in an exterior wall, down a chimney, or behind some faulty flashing of a home and then nests in a wall void or some other interior area. Honeybee hives consist of many wax cells constructed by the worker bees. As with yellow jackets and other social wasps, these masses of cells are called combs. While most of these cells are used to house immature stages (eggs, larvae, and pupae), others serve as storage sites for honey. If honeybees become well established within the wall voids of a house, large amounts of wax and honey may collect within the wall. As long as the bees are active, the workers keep the air moving inside the hive by fanning with their wings, so the temperature stays below the melting point of the wax. If the bees are killed, this form of air-conditioning ceases to function. In warm weather or if the temperature inside the structure is kept real warm, the wax will melt to the extent that the honey will seep from the storage cells and create a mess.


Treatment

First, contact a bee removal company and see if the hive can be safely removed. This would be the ideal remedy for a honeybee infestation. If the hive cannot be removed, locate the nest by zeroing in on the loud buzzing sound of the hive. Once it is located, drill a hole (maybe more) and, using a Bellows duster, inject Drione Dust, Delta Dust, or a pyrethrin-based insecticide such as Whitmire PI into the void. After the bees are dead, be sure to open the wall and clean out the bees, hive, and honey. It is important to be thorough when cleaning up the honey, because any left behind will attract flies, ants, and any number of other insects.




Carpenter Bees

Carpenter Bee

Carpenter bees are most prevalent in the spring and early summer, and hibernate during the winter months. They are often mistaken for bumble bees, but have very different nesting habits. Whereas bumblebees generally nest underground, carpenter bees bore tunnels into wood and divide these tunnels into cells where individual larvae will develop. Also, bumblebees are social insects and carpenter bees are non-social. The typical carpenter bee gallery has an entrance hole on the surface and continues inward for a short distance. It then turns sharply upward and runs in the same direction as the wood grain. The female inserts a ball of pollen on which an egg is laid. She then closes the cell by placing a mass of wood pulp in the gallery. A series of cells are constructed as the bee works backward, out of the gallery. The bees often enlarge existing galleries or use old ones, so very complex gallery systems can be developed over a number of years. These galleries are often made in the siding or window trim of homes, and in such cases the structural strength of tunneled members may be weakened. Carpenter bees are not usually difficult to locate. Their unsightly holes and channels are hard to miss. Usual sites include eaves, siding, wooden shakes, porch ceilings, windowsills, doors, etc. They will also nest in telephone poles, fence posts, wooden decks, and even patio furniture. Abandoned carpenter bee nests are often infested by any number of secondary pests, including dermestid beetles, dried fruit moths, and other scavengers that will feed on the un-used pollen and nectar. Ants and wasps also use the old nests for shelter and nesting sites.


Treatment

Treat raw wood (unpainted, unvarnished) with Bora-Care or Tim-bor to prevent carpenter bee infestations. On already infested wood, using a Bellows Duster, inject each hole with Drione Dust or use aerosol Perma-Dust. For prevention, in early spring spray the wood with Tempo Ultra WP, Cyper WP, or Demon WP. A few days after treatment patch the holes and galleries so other bees or insects cannot use them.

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