Honey Bee Removal and Control

Honeybees are beneficial insects and vital pollinators. Georgia's agricultural economy depends on the tireless services that honeybees provide to growers. But when honeybees present a risk to human health and safety — such as when bees build hives in or close to houses, playgrounds, campsites, and other places where people live and gather — the bees have to be removed.

If someone accidentally gets too close to a beehive, the bees may swarm and attack. Bee stings can be fatal to people who are allergic to them, and people who aren't sensitive to bee stings can become ill if they're stung by a large number of bees at once.

In Georgia's bigger cities like Marietta, Columbus, Macon, Roswell, Peachtree City, and Atlanta, honeybee control is especially important to public safety because the higher population density increases the chances that someone will stumble across a honeybee nest and trigger a swarm.

Do You Really Have Honeybees?

Sometimes, people confuse honeybees with other stinging insects such as wasps, yellow jackets, or hornets. These insects' biology and behavior are very different, and they require different treatment techniques. If you have any doubt as to the proper identification of a bee or wasp on your property, please contact us for a prompt, professional identification.

Honeybee Biology

Honeybees are highly advanced social insects whose hives may contain thousands of bees. There is one queen bee, whose jobs are to lay eggs and regulate other aspects of the hive's existence through a system of chemical messengers called pheromones. Most of the remaining bees are female workers, whose jobs are to build the nest, regulate the hive's internal temperature by flapping their wings, gather and evaporate nectar, tend to the queen and the young, and defend the colony; and male drones, whose only duties are reproductive.

Honeybees also have a complex "language" of flight movements and wing strokes. Entomologists believe that honeybees are able to communicate complex concepts such as the direction and distance to food sources, as well as threats to the hive, through their body language. This may be how bee colonies are able to attack so quickly when they feel threatened.

Honeybees often build hives inside walls, ceilings, soffits, attics, and other structural voids. Aside from the risk of bee stings, bee nests inside buildings can cause damage due to melting and dripping honey, which may also attract other insects and animals.

Bee Control and Removal in Atlanta and North-Central Georgia

Because of the vital service they perform, honeybees shouldn't be disturbed unless they are causing a risk or a nuisance. Honeybee populations across America are under stress from not-yet-determined causes; so unless they are presenting a health or safety risk, honeybees really should be left alone.

When honey bee control is necessary, Rid-A-Critter provides bee control and bee removal services in Atlanta, Macon, Athens, Marietta, Columbus, Duluth, Roswell, and all of Northern and Central Georgia.

Our bee control specialists have the training and equipment to safely remove honeybees, no matter where they are nesting.

Honeybee Control Gallery

Here are some pictures of honeybee control and beehive removal jobs we've done.

For help with honeybee control or any pest control problem, please call us today.