Over the last several years, our domestic honeybees (actually, they are Italian) have begun to breed with African bees.  The domestic honeybee that we have down here typically has 2 reproductive swarms a year, usually in the spring and fall. African bees may have 30 reproductive swarms in a year. A swarm of either breed is not such a bad thing, if you leave them alone they will usually leave in a few hours, the longest I have ever seen a reproductive swarm stay in one place was about 3 days.

There are several different opinions on what to do about a bee hive in your house. Some guys say call a bee keeper, some guys spray them, and some guys say to seal them up in there. 

At PPP, we exterminate the bees and remove the hive. Bee keepers are hard to find, and even harder to talk into getting the bees out because of the African bee problem (they are not good honey producers). Spraying them will kill some bees, but it is almost impossible to get product in between the layers of honeycomb, and they will come back. Sealing them up never works, they always find another way to their hive.

If the hive is not removed, a couple of things are going to happen... you're going to end up with another pest problem when ants and/or roaches find that old hive, and that honeycomb is going to rot, and if you have never smelt rotting honeycomb, you are a blessed person. We hate to kill bees, they are very important to us, but when they set up house in your house, the right thing to do is cut them out. Sorry, we don't make repairs, we can refer you to someone who does, and we will try to be as neat as we can, but this is a dirty job.

Call us at 281-807-PEST (7378) for more information or to schedule your Bee removal!