is truly a wonderful insect! There is no greater pleasure for a beekeeper than to go out into his bee yard on a warm, sunny day and open up a beehive. The relationship between man and the honeybee is down right addictive! The golden nectar, better known as honey, is a product so sweet and delicious, that for people who love it, there is no substitute.
though when the honeybee goes from being a beneficial insect to a real pest! That time is when they have decided to move into the walls of your house. Whether they are in your wall, ceiling, under your house, in your soffit, or even in one of your trees, time is of the essence to have them removed!
discussing the reasons for a quick removal, I must tell you that bees in a tree is a good thing. Where else can they go? If you decide to leave them in the tree, generally speaking, a safe height is about 20' above the ground or higher and away from all play grounds. However, that decision is up to you.
Now back to the reasons
for a quick removal...honeybees build their nest very fast and very large! Within three weeks it is nothing for the nest to be the size of a five gallon bucket, and by the end of the season to be the size of three or four five gallon buckets. Secondly, once the bees have a chance to bring in propolis (tree sap), and the queen gets in one egg cycle (21 days), the pheromones and different scents of the hive will be deposited and linger and attract bees back to that spot for many years to come. Please go to the Frequently Asked Questions page and see Question and Answer number 2.
I use a very special bee vacuum I invented that gently removes the honeybees from the nest without harming them or your house. I put the bees back into another hive so they can be relocated to local farms for pollination of crops. Once back from the farm we make organic honey and sell it at the bird club tal gate sale. Al has been called upon many times to speak at conventions, seminars and beekeeping institutes on how to remove, relocate and prevent re-infestation of feral colonies of honeybees.
are established, and you kill them or they die on their own, and the nest is not removed, it is equivalent to unplugging your refrigerator and leaving everything to decay. There are thousands of bees, brood and gallons of honey just waiting to drip through every crack and crevice available.