Best Method For Bee Removal

While for the most part bees are not a threatening menace, in some cases the situation can become so bad that you need to look into bee removal. This article will discuss some of the best ways to go about bee removal from both a cost and safety perspective.

Deciding On The Best Method For Bee Removal

When trying to remove a honey bee colony it is important to try to salvage as much of the colony as possible. However sometimes bee removal of the colony intact is not practical. In those cases most people will choose to exterminate the bees by injecting a powerful pesticide. If this is the case make sure that the bees have not had time to construct a significant comb. The reason for this is because if you exterminate the bees with pesticide and they have a large or even decent amount of honey within the comb, other bees will be attracted to it. They will then take the poisoned honey back to their colony causing unnecessary destruction

One way to prevent this in the bee removal is to caulk or screen off all of the potential entrances to the hive in the wall cavity. In addition this will prevent another colony from moving in and colonize that spot in the future.

In addition another negative of this bee removal method is that it leaves behind a lot of dead bees and honey. The combination of these two things is very attractive to mice, ants, moths and many other creatures. They can be more damaging and difficult to control than the original bee problem so be sure that you know what you are getting into before taking any drastic steps.

The preferred method for bee removal is trapping. This method is very difficult and can be extremely time consuming. In addition to that it requires a strong attention to detail to be done correctly and if mistakes are made it can ruin the entire process.

The idea behind trapping is to set up a device on a singular exit from the main hive. This has to be the only exit and it is very important that you get it set up correctly. Next you need to place a one way cone in front of the entrance.

After that has been set up a hive body with a new queen is placed near the entrance. Bees leaving the hive and returning will be unable to get back into the main hive. Eventually these foraging bees will join the adjacent hive. As the internal colony weakens, the external colony will get stronger.

Eventually the outside colony will take over the main one and can then be safely removed.
 

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