Bee & wasp control

Bees and wasps are native to the Coachella Valley, as they are in most of the United States and every place else, especially during the summer. They are attracted to sweets. If you have fruit-bearing trees in your yard, make sure you quickly pick any ripened fruit or fruit that has fallen to the ground.

Kids are great for leaving sweet drinks or half-eaten snacks on the porch or in the yard. Clean them up quickly. They are a big attraction for these insects.

Also, take care with drinks in cups or cans when bees and wasps are present. Especially with cans, bees and wasps climb inside the can when you are not looking. A bee sting on the lip, tongue, or inside the mooth can be especially dangerous.

One of the most important prevention tips for bees and wasps is not to let them get established. The larger the infestation, the larger the problem. Regularly check your property for signs of beehives or wasps’ nests. Both insects like roof overhangs and under the eaves, especially near a vent or opening in the wall for wiring or plumbing.

They will set up a hive or nest and then proceed to work their way into the wall. As soon as you spot them, call Arrest A Pest.

Bees and wasps are both members of an order of insects known as Hymenoptera. Although they are in a different branch, ants are also a member of this order. The three insects are very similar in their social interactions and how their colonies function.

Bees are smaller than wasps and have a squat, bullet-shaped bodies. They are either all black or have horizontal yellow and black stripes. Their bodies are covered with tiny hairs, which serve to capture pollen that is taken from one flower to the next for fertilization.

There are Africanized honey bees are in the Coachella Valley, and they can be aggressive if a human gets too close to their nest or they sense a loud noise, even a lawnmower near their nest. Most other bees seldom sting unless they are threatened. A bee’s stinger is barbed and torn from their body in the process of stinging. Hence, a bee dies when it stings.

Beehives are often thought to be rounded and bullet-shaped. This is a myth. They can take on any shape, usually dictated by where they are located. They are typically yellow or brown in color and waxy in appearance. Often the interior honeycombs are visible. During the daylight hours there is a great deal of bee activity around them.

The hives contain honey made by the bees. In fact, they are commercially cultivated for their honey. The color and consistency of the honey vary, depending on the type of flowers visited by that particular colony.

Wasps, on the other hand, typically have three distinct sections to their body: head, thorax or chest, and an abdomen, and they are thin waisted. Unlike bees, a wasp’s stinger is smooth. Because of this, the stinger is not typically torn off during stinging. A single wasp can sting multiple times. Hornets and yellow jackets are different types of wasps.

With the exception of a few breeds, wasps generally do not make honey. Unlike bees, most wasp breeds lack the tiny hairs on their body. For this reason, they are not as efficient at pollination, although they are responsible for a great deal of it. The real role of the wasp in the ecosystem is as a predator, especially of aphids and caterpillars, which are notorious for feeding on crops. In fact, some wasp species are known to prefer a specific pest, while others have a wide-ranging menu.

Unlike bees, which have hives, wasps have nests. They are made from chewed wood. Some species also make their nests from mud. Depending on the breed, they may have a single entrance, or they may have multiple entrances. The nests can be oval in shape, although not always. Sometimes they can be meandering in their shape. Some wasp nests will cling to a building or surface with a large part of their surface, while others might be mounted by what can best be described as a single stem.

A single beehive can have as many as 75,000 bees. Wasp nests are smaller, often there are no more than 10,000 individual wasps to a nest.