That Late Summer Increase In Bees, Hornets And Wasps

Yesterday, I had a chance to chat with Dovid Davis, the owner of A #1 Pest Control, a Baltimore pest control company, and he told me he wanted to talk about bees hornets and wasps. According to Dovid, the end of the summer brings an abundance of stinging insects, the bees hornets and wasps. According to Dovid, the three stinging insects have different characteristics but several things in common. When they detect aggressive behavior, they will defend themselves. They may interpret your waving your hand to swap them away as a sign of aggression. They may determine your trying to douse them water, alcohol or other liquids as a sign of aggression. Or, they may interpret your trying to cut out their nest from a tree or the ground as a sign of aggression.

Stinging insect home colonies are always guarded by quick response soldiers. Stationed outside to repel any outside invaders, they can quickly call in reinforcements within 20 seconds, in large numbers. If the colony is small, approximately under 25, or less than the size of a tennis ball or a baseball, then the home owner can attempt to remove it himself. Of course, while removing the nests, he should be wearing protective clothing and should have suitable replant close at hand. If the nest is anything larger than a tennis ball or baseball, Dovid recommends that you call a professional

While most of us think of hanging paper colonies as the typical bees nest, Dovid was quick to point out that home colonies can be found in many other places. Bees can make their home in the ground, or make their home in the crack or a crevice of a concrete or brick wall, on in a hollowed up dead tree trunk. Extreme caution should be used in trying to irradiate them yourself. And a home owner should get rid of the small nest in the evening, when the stinging insects are less ferocious, whereas a professional can properly irradiate them during daylight hours. Dovid cautioned that home owners should not attempt to rid a bee hive while standing on a ladder larger than 6 feet tall, as the bees always win. And also, if someone is allergic to bee stings, he should call a professional immediately.

I was amazed to hear that these insects live in hives made of paper, and I asked Dovid to clarify the point. He told me that indeed, bees make the paper hives. They chew anything made of cellulose and they spin into a large paper ball with many layers and many cells in it.

I asked the all important question, how much it generally costs to have a pest specialist remove stinging insect hives. He said there’s no one answer, rather it depends on the difficulty of removing the individual hive. He usually charges 50.00 -70.00 to remove a hive on the ground. If the hive is in a tree, or otherwise located above ground, the cost varies on the height. A bee hive in a tree, higher than the first floor of a house, for instance, might run 125.00 or more.

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