Expert Bee Removal
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 bee’s 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. Western Exterminator 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. …show more content…
Some of the most common in North America are:
• Honey Bee’s-probably the most common and the ones you are most likely to find around your home.
• Bumblebee’s - the short, fat, bees that you see on flowers during the summer. They rarely sting.
• Carpenter Bee’s- set up their homes inside soft wood and can cause property damage similar to termites. Males do not have stingers, but will fly around humans who get close to the nest.
Africanized Bees
One of the things you hear a lot about these days are Africanized honey bees or “killer bees”. Originally brought to Brazil in the 1950s, these bees were designed to be hardier in warm tropical climates. The cross-bred bees were highly defensive of their hives. An accident let the bees loose and they swarmed over South America, finally arriving the States in the 90s.

Africanized bees look a lot like their European counterparts, but there are some key differences:
• 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 …show more content…
Typically, honey bee swarms are not a major threat, unless when dealing with Africanized honey bees. The bees do not have a nest or young and, therefore, are less defensive. However, they will sting if provoked.
Bee swarming typically occurs in colonies that are thriving and with robust populations. Weak colonies of bees may not swarm until they become stronger and larger in population. Bee colonies may become weak due to starvation, disease or failing queens. Several factors can contribute to the occurrence of a swarm, such as seasonal changes and overcrowding.
Swarming involves a contingent of workers and a queen departing the original colony. The swarm typically gathers at a resting site, often in a tree, after leaving the colony. Scouts are sent to location a new location, such as in a log or other cavity. Once a suitable location is found, the swarm will relocate to the site and begin to nest.
Two kinds of bee swarms occur: primary and secondary. The queen bees lead primary swarms, which include a larger number of workers acting to protect the egg-laying queen. Secondary swarms are led by several virgin female bees and as a result, these swarms are half the size of the primary swarm and do not occur as