Facts about Honey Bee Problems

Identifying a bee problem

If the bees are near a window or the front door they are hard to miss, but other times they will build a hive in areas that take months to discover. One of the most common ways a bee problem is discovered is by initially finding them in the house. If the bees just showed up in the house, chances are your bee problem is minimal and you should address it immediately. A good place to look is chimney tops, vents and eaves near to were the bee problem appears. If however you are returning home after several days or longer and notice dead bees in your house near the window, you most likely have a beehive that moved into your structure. Solving bee problems in the wall of a house, roof, or attic can be very difficult due to the size of the hives or nests. Feel free to call the bee hotline if you have questions.

So you have a bee problem? Life could be worse!

How to prevent bee problems

To prevent recurring bee problems, remove junk, or objects in the yard that can provide problems for harboring beehives.  Inspect the house or bulding and have exclusion work performed on the eaves, vents, chimney, roof, wall voids, and other areas of the structure focusing on openings and voids 1/4 inch and larger.  If you’re performing the bee proofing yourself, the most helpful tip which you will not find online (until now) is to focus bee proofing the side of the house or building that faces the sun! About 85% of bee problems are on the side of the house / building that faces the sun in the morning. This is because after a cool dark night, the earth's sun helps to warm the bee hive up in the morning.

After many years of solving bee problems, I believe the most important way to prevent future bee problems is to remove the bee hive or nest! Find a way to afford the cost of removing the honey and the bees, this will greatly reduce recurring bee problems on your property. This involves removal of all the honey from the beehive, treating and suppressing the smell of the hive or any former bee hives, and then repairing and proofing the location. Don't let the bees be killed by a bee specialist or pest exterminator, without removing that honey! It is a typically great disservice to leave the bee hive in the structure after killing or extracting the bees. Live bee removals can also cause the same damaging problems if the bees are extracted but the honey is left in the wall or roof. If you don't have the budget set aside for solving the bee problem, find a local bee company that will allow you to break up the payment over a few months, or one that will trade services with you. Sometimes it's better to leave the beehive alone then pay a smaller fee to kill the bee hive causing the honey run down and set in the walls which can create additional problems, and also cause future bee problems.

For additional reading on solving a bee problem visit how to get rid of bees.- Adkins Bee Removal.

Africanized bee problems - if you have problems with what you think are aggressive bees, visit the Africanized honey bee info page. Or view the in motion spread of Africanized honey bees from Texas to California, to Florida, including the more recent AHB movement in Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama >> AHB honey bee map.  

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