Bumble Bee Control

• If you can live with a colony of bumble bees around, you should do so because of the pollination benefits they provide. However, if you have to remove them, use a wasp or hornet spray to destroy the bee. Apply the insecticide at night to achieve the greatest effect, since most of the bees are in the hives at night. You may have to reapply several times over a period of two to three weeks in order to eliminate all of the bees since bee larvae are protected from insecticides before they hatch. If you choose to leave the bees where they are, once cold weather hits you can treat the nesting spot after all the bees have died from the cold weather. Before next spring when the new hatchlings start to emerge, make sure to seal up any holes on the outside of your home to prevent the bumble bee from nesting in the same spot or other places again. Do not seal up holes while the bumble bees are still nesting inside. If you seal up their only exit, they will find other ways to exit the nest and this may include exits that allow them to come inside of your home. It should also be noted that bumble bees are rarely aggressive and will only attack when aggravated. Therefore, their removal and control may not be necessary as long as the areas where the nest is located is out of the way.
  
  

Yellow Jacket Control

• The removal of yellow jackets that have become a nuisance is similar to the removal of bumble bee nests. Typically yellow jackets are not aggressive until they are present in great numbers, which does not occur until late summer. Therefore, treating the nest early is essential to prevent swarming attacks. If the nest is in a location you can live with until winter, consider just leaving the nest alone until then. When the colder weather arrives, the yellow jackets will all die and then the nest can be removed easily. If the yellow jackets have decided to nest in a less suitable location that must be removed, there are some simple precautionary measures you should take. First, locate the nest. Second, apply a wasp or hornet insecticide to the nest at night to ensure you are eliminating the most insects as possible in one treatment. You should repeat this process numerous times to ensure you eliminate the entire nest including newly hatched yellow jackets that are protected against treatment before hatching.
  
  

Removal of Honey Bees

• The removal and control of the honey bee is a bit more difficult than the other bee species as they have a tendency to nest inside walls of homes. Nests of these bees have been blamed for problems with electrical and plumbing components and the honey produced within the nests has also been known to stain walls and ceilings when bee's nest in attics.
  
  Honey bees can be very aggressive at different points during the season when someone comes too near their nests and they feel threatened. Therefore, a nest in the wall of a home is a problem, especially for people who are allergic to the bee's venom. Often a beekeeper, a pest control operator, a carpenter and a plumber or an electrician must be called in to effectively and efficiently remove the bees safely. If the bees are present in a wall, the wall must be dismantled and then rebuilt for complete removal of the offending insect. If you can find a beekeeper who will do the job, they will remove the honey bee with special equipment. A plumber or electrician may need to make repairs to wires or piping that the honey bees have damaged before the wall can be reassembled. After the necessary removal of honey bees, determine where they gained entry to your home and patch up the hole to prevent them from gaining entry again. Be sure to search for any other holes that are 5/16 of an inch in diameter or bigger and patch them as well to prevent the honey bees from entering in another area throughout the remainder of the current season or next season. As with the other bees, if the honey bee nest is in a place you can deal with it, allow the nest to remain where it is without disturbing it until winter when the bees will die off. After the colder weather has set in, proceed with the necessary treatment.