Get Rid of Honey Bees
While honey bees are especially important to our environment, they can damage our homes, as well as pose threats of severe allergic reactions to some.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, we can thank honey bee pollination for one out of every three mouthfuls of food. But when honey bees decide to build a hive in your wall or ceiling, it can damage your home and put you and your family at risk for being stung.
Honey bees, especially Africanized honey bees, are very protective of their hives and will aggressively defend their nests if they sense an intruder nearby. Stings can be painful and trigger allergic reactions in some people.
That’s why we’ve created pest control services specifically designed to safely and responsibly remove and relocate honey bees that have invaded your property.
Whether they have built a hive in your home or commercial business, we have the skills, equipment, and experience to effectively remove and relocate the honey bees to a local beekeeper. Additionally, we have the ability to help prevent future infestations from occurring.
Honey Bee Removal & Relocation
When removing honey bees, we always begin with identifying where the hive is in your home and contacting a local beekeeper to take the bees.
If you would like to learn more about honey bees and beekeeping, please visit the American Beekeeping Federation.
If a beekeeper is unable or unwilling to take the bees, or if they are an immediate threat to people or livestock, then we vacuum as many bees out of the hive as we can before removing the nest.
Bee Removal
We use a special “bee vacuum” that will gently suck up the bees so they can be safely relocated by the beekeeper to a new home.
Nest Clean Up
Once the bees are removed, Catseye will clear out the honey comb and clean the nest area.
Damage Repair
Our home repair experts are available to manage any honey bee damage repair, including fixing any openings that needed be cut in a wall or ceiling.
The Ultimate Home Protection from Honey Bees
The Catseye mission is to protect your home by providing the best bee treatment and award-winning customer service. We are experts at bee elimination through a time-tested process that includes:
- Platinum Home Protection Money-Back Guarantee
- Free Inspection of Your Home
- Customized Treatment Plan
- Comprehensive, In-Depth Service Visits
- Flexible Scheduling & Emergency Visits
- Secure Online Account & Dedicated Customer Service Representative
- Catseye’s Signature Service Scan System & Reporting
Preventative Bee Treatment
We recommend having a preventative treatment in June or July to keep bees from building a nest on your house.
This service includes a strategic crack and crevice treatment with a liquid or dust residual material. The soffit, behind gutters, roofline, door and window frames, and gaps in the exterior siding are a few of the common places we treat on your home.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Honey Bees Damage Your House?
Honey or melted wax from hives built in ceilings or walls can seep through the wall, staining insulation, and sheetrock.
If the hive is really big, the weight can put extra stress on that area. It is also possible for the wall and ceiling to become punctured so that honey bees swarm into your living space.
Abandoned hives built in your home will rot and may attract other pests like carpenter ants, silverfish, and rodents.
How Do You Know if There Is a Beehive in Your House?
Buzzing and humming sounds within a wall or ceiling are a good indicator that you may have honey bees.
You may also notice some honey bees flying throughout your home, looking for food. Another common sign is a “wet spot” on the wall or ceiling from the melted honey or wax comb.
What are the Benefits of Professional Pest Control for Honey Bees?
An average honey bee hive has several thousand honey bees that will fiercely defend their nest. Removing a honey bee hive can be challenging and potentially dangerous.
Our honey bee extractor professionals have the tools and training necessary to safely and efficiently remove a hive from your home. Our service also includes cleaning up all the messy honey and honey comb left behind.
Contact our pest management professionals to eliminate bees from your home.