Bad Bee Advice: Don’t do it!

This blog is dedicated to giving good advice to people who have bee problems. The fact that you are here reading this, is a good indication that you are likely trying to figure out how to resolve a bee issue. Well you have come to the right place.

Included on this website are several blog posts dedicated to resolving a number of different types of bee problems. This blog in particular, however, is a bit different. This blog is dedicated to the BAD advice we have heard given to others.

Over the years, we here at Bee Best Bee Removal have heard some doozies. The following are a few of the most common BAD advice. These are examples of bad bee advice, given by people who don’t know what they are talking about.

The most common piece of bad advice we hear about is when someone tells a customer to “Plug up the hole”. There is a big misconception out there that if bees are entering a building via a hole or vent, that you should just plug up the hole. The people who give this bad advice believe that the bees will be prevented from entering the structure. They believe it will make the bees “go away”. I can’t stress enough how WRONG this advice is. Instead of encouraging the bees to leave, it often PREVENTS the bees from getting out! So what happens when bees cant get back outside? Often, the flood the interior of the home via the vents or canned lighting. This one piece of bad advise is the most common cause of bee emergencies.

 

 

The 2nd most common example of bad bee advice is when someone advises that a hive doesn’t need to be removed. “Just eliminate the bees and kill ’em” is often recommended by pest control companies who don’t specialize in bees.  The problem with this advice is that eliminations don’t remove hives from structures. It only kills the bees inside the hive. So why is this a problem? If hive material remains inside a structure, it will likely be re infested by a new swarm down the road. The rule of thumb is…The bigger the hive, the faster and more likely it will become re infested.  Of course in the case of large well established hives, the potential outcome is even more problematic.

The last example of bad bee advice is less common than the two above. Every now and then we hear advice that is so bad, it’s laughable. One of the funniest was when a customer with a hive in her chimney was told that she should blare loud music at the bees, by pointing a speaker up chimney. That one takes the cake!….and No…it does not work. Another goodie is when someone suggests using a bee lure. The problem with bee lures is that they rarely lure bees out of a structure. Usually what happens instead is that new swarms are attracted to the lures. So instead of just one bee infestation in the wall…now you have additional swarms who attracted by the lures, and end up landing on your property .

So there you have it. Three examples of really bad advice on how to deal with a bee problem. Do you know of an example of really bad or ineffective bee advice? Share your story below.