Bee Removal in Sydney NSW Australia

Bees’ role in pollinating is an extremely important and beneficial role; however, the risks that come with bees around your home can also be quite extreme. The aggressiveness of bees and their stings can become life threatening for certain individuals, so if you live near or have seen a bee, extermination is usually the answer when protecting your loved ones.

There are preventative measures you can take to make your home and garden unattractive to this species.

Bees usually seek out warm spots to wait out the winter months before breeding season begins. Filling in cracks around your house can prevent them from staying around your home and attacking you in the warmer months. Check around doors, windows and vents for places that bees may find. Bee extermination may seem extreme, but if there are bees or nests in and around your home, there may not be any other choice.

Placing fake nests near your home will discourage bees from building another, as most bees don’t like their nests to be close to others. Your local gardening store is most likely a carrier of these decoy nests.

Always remember to remove and cover rubbish and clean up food, especially outdoors. Bees like sweet smells and sugar, so don’t leave soft drinks or sweet foods outside. Keep your outside entertaining area clean and swept.

You can also help to limit the amount of bees around your home by avoiding bright coloured clothing, floral prints, and perfume during warmer months. If, however, all of your work trying to prevent bees is ineffective, do not try to remove nests or bees by yourself. In these cases, bee extermination is the best option and should be done by a pest professional. Call Bruce Gow for expert bee control on 0417 251 911

Order Hymenoptera ANTS, BEES AND WASPS Approximate number of species: – World 108 000 – Australia 14 780 Type of metamorphosis: – Complete Given the massive degree of natural control of plant pests afforded by parasitic and predatory wasps, and the extensive pollination provided by bees and others, we often underestimate the benefits of this abundant and highly successful group of insects. Appearance Adults are very small to large and of diverse forms. Wings may be present, reduced or absent. When present, wings are membranous; the forewings are usually much larger than the hindwings, and there is a coupling mechanism. Mouthparts are mandibulate, with some modifications for lapping or sucking particularly in bees. The cuticle is often highly sclerotised. Compound eyes are usually large, three ocelli are often present, and antennae are variable. Females often have an ovipositor developed for sawing, piercing or stinging with a venom. Larvae are also highly variable in form, some are caterpillar-like, other more grub-like. Some have thoracic or abdominal legs or both; others are entirely legless. Their chewing mouthparts and head capsule are often distinctive. Biology and Habits Habits vary enormously within the group. Some are solitary insects, while others such as bees are social, forming sometimes very complex societies that involve different castes and a high degree of communication. Although many adult hymenopterans feed on nectar or pollen, larvae may be foliage eaters, wood borers, internal or external parasites of insects and allied forms, or feeders of prey or prepared diets provided by adults. Reproduction may be sexual or by parthenogenesis. Eggs of parasitic species are usually laid in or on the host animal stung with a preservative venom. Eggs of foliage eaters are usually laid in or on the host plant. In social insects, eggs, larvae and pupae are tended by workers. Larvae undergo a number of moults before pupating. Pest Status Some sawfly species are pests as foliage eaters, some wood wasps are pests of forest trees, mud daubers upset the houseproud, masonry bees burrow into the soft mortar between the bricks of older houses, some wasp species are troublesome to humans and some ants may be regarded as household pests; but by and large, the group is very beneficial. HONEY BEE Honey bees often leave commercial hives and settle in and around houses. When established between walls, they present special problems. If the services of an apiarist are available, the unpleasant task of killing the hive can be avoided, but usually such a problem must be dealt with urgently. A method sometimes adopted where insecticides are not acceptable involves fastening a cone of cardboard over the entrance into the wall, with the broad end against the wall over the problem area, and the small end (about 6-10mm across) outwards. The bees can leave and resettle elsewhere, but they cannot re-enter the small aperture of the cone, so gradually the hive dies out. If the hive not been established for any length of time, the entire hive might leave. Where the hive must be killed, particularly when allergic people are likely to be stung, Holes may be drilled into the wall and the insecticide forced into it. Foaming agents in any other insecticide approved for bee control would also provide spread of the insecticide inside the cavity. If the bees are all killed at the time of treatment, residual life of the chemical is not required because the entry holes would be closed as part of the treatment follow up. This treatment is very effective, particularly if done at night when most bees are in the hive. When control is necessary in the daytime, the pest controller must be experienced in handling bees and have protective clothing. If the hive has become well established, there may be honey, which will attract ants and provide the client with another problem. It is important that the bee is identified correctly, as the native honey bees may be involved in a situation where killing of the hive is requested and is not necessary as the native honey bee does not sting. The native bee also nests in trees and in hollow log sections of large stumps. It is a much smaller bee and of a different colour. WASPS Wasp’s particularly the papernest wasps, are day flying insects. They can be caught and destroyed more easily and safely at night, when they have congregated on the paper or mud nest. The paper nest and wasps may be removed by enclosing the wasps and nest in sound plastic sheeting or a bag at night, severing the nests contact with the surface, and sealing the bag for disposal or release elsewhere. There are some people who are allergic to, and may die from, wasp stings. The European wasp is now established in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania and will in time occur throughout much of Australia. The English wasp has been known in Victoria for some time and has similar habits to the European wasp. Separation of these two species is normally beyond the ability of pest controllers. Appearance The workers of both species are sterile females about 12-15 mm long, with yellow bands on a black body. They are fast flyers, with clear wings that fold longitudinally over their bodies. Queens and males measure about 20mm long, the queen having a stout abdomen and the male, a long thin abdomen. The nest varies in size from about 15cm to about 5m and may contain up to 4 million cells and over 100 000 workers. The wasps nest mostly in the ground, tree stumps, rockeries, wall cavities and roof voids. Life Cycle Each nest usually last one year, but in warmer climates the nest may survive and extend. In winter the males die off, and the newly fertilised queens hibernate to build other nests the following year. The new queen lays eggs in the cells of the nest, and after some weeks in the larval stage the wasps pupate and emerge as adults, which take over the work of the nest. After one summer, the nest may have 10 000 individuals.

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