Bee and wasp control in Geelong

The common wasp is a social insect with bold black and yellow bands. Adult workers can grow to between 12mm and 17mm long. Queen wasps grow as large as 20mm long.

How the work is undertaken: If possible, beehives are removed and taken to an apiarist. European wasps are fumigated as they are an introduced dangerous species. Bees will be safely removed & relocated to an apiarists if able.

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Location in the home
The common wasp will build nests outside of homes, usually under eaves, balconies or in nearby trees.

What time of year are they found?
The common wasp will only be seen during the warmer months of the year.

Why they are a pest
Wasps are considered pests due to the harmful sting they can cause to humans. The issue is that wasps rarely sting, once they usually sting multiple times which can cause people to react in different ways.

Food
Common wasps feed on nectar and sweet fruit. They collect insects, including caterpillars, to feed to their larvae.

Prevention
Prevention can be easily maintained through the correct disposal of food sources and constant awareness of wasp population growth. DO NOT try and dispose of a nest without the correct cautionary procedures.

Bees

Bees are an important part of our biodiversity, they are necessary for pollinating our fruits, vegetables and crops. Without bees we will have no food. This is why we try to relocate as many hives as possible. We give the successfully removed hives to apiarists who hire the bees out to farmers that want to pollinate their crops or to private individuals who have begun bee keeping at home to provide honey for their family.

However bees can be a problem in public places as many people have allergies to their stings and anaphylaxis may occur in some individuals.
Some beehives are too difficult to remove and relocate successfully and we may need to fumigate them to keep the public safe from danger.

Bees generally begin swarming from the end of September through to the end of December as hives have become too big. A new queen emerges and she leaves the hive with a swarm looking to set up a new hive somewhere.

Do not panic if you see a swarm in your area they may be just scoping it out for a suitable place to move into. If they do not find it suitable they will move on in 24 hrs. If however the hive remains for a couple of days they will have found their new site. It is at this stage that we have the most success relocating them especially if they are clumping on a tree branch. If they have entered a crack in the wall or a chimney we will need to fumigate them as they are unable to be removed from these places.

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