How to Get Rid of Bees

It's not uncommon to see many grown men and women jump around and wave their arms wildly at the first site of a bee. 

But the question on everyone's mind this summer is how do you get rid of bees? 

Bees are of course flying insects just like wasps. Bees typically feed on pollen and nectar; which is converted into to honey - an important aspect of human life.

However, despite the positive activities of bees to human life and health, they stubbornly forage into people’s homes, and other dwelling places, thereby causing sordid taste to homeowners in their wake.

Therefore, getting rid of them has become a necessity, and there are several ways to achieve this.

Here are few proven ones:

Get a qualified beekeeper. This is the best way to permanently rid your home of bees. An experienced beekeeper will certainly help you get rid of the honey and honeycomb, which means you’ll escape another swarms or incursion of bees the next season. Though this option is a bit expensive, nevertheless, the gain is enduring.

Use bait hives to remove bees from the walls. Again, a beekeeper can assist to entice bees into a special “bait hive” positioned outside, up to the wall to the bees brooding place, where bees come in and go out. In time, they will start gathering inside the “bait hive” and abandon your wall. This method may take 1-3 months to complete, but with careful follow-ups, it’ll end successfully.

Then, take away the hive and bees, remove honeycomb remains from inner walls; nothing must be left, or they’ll return. Then look around checking areas that need chaulking, and then, block every open area around your home.

An application of soap or detergent & water solution is another method proven to be very effective in getting rid of bees, especially if their numbers have not gotten to an overwhelming stage.

Wear a long, tough jacket and cover your head with a flexible net, then go out once it's dark, and totally tear off the siding. The following morning, check to make sure exactly where they’re entering into the wall.

Collect all the brood and comb for destruction, and afterwards you should properly clean out the holes with chemical solution. Get the wall repaired immediately. This process needs resilience, but it’s very effective in getting rid of bees.

Kill them off. Killing bees is a bit controversial, and fearful to most homeowners. Even most beekeepers hate killing them, so if you’re bold, here are two methods you can adopt to kill bees.

Use spray. If the bee hives are only a few dozens, you can use an air compressor, containing strong chemical like SEVIN. Again, go out once it's dark (say about 10 -11PM), cover your body with tough jacket, chaps, goggles, cloth to cover face, long leather gloves and boots.

Then, stand about 6-9 feet away, point the short funnel of the compressor into their entrance and pump out the chemical about 4 times. Much later, at mid-night, if you hear them humming around, don’t worry. The following morning you’ll see them dead. Then, confidently clear out the dead bees, the brooding and comb. You should repeat this process after two days to finally get rid of any remaining bees.

Use recommended pesticide. If you’re sure the bees have not spent more than 1-3 days in your home, it’s safe to exterminate them by injecting expert’s recommended pesticide straight into the wall cavity or hollow the bees that are trying to breed.

If done well, they’ll die off completely. Then block and place window screening on all potential entrances to the wall holes, to avoid another incursion next season. Remove dead bees immediately.

Leave them if you wish. For the bumblebees (not honeybees), which are not quite as dangerous, they don’t breed large numbers. Moreover, during fall season they die off naturally. So if you wish, you can leave them alone and let nature take its course.

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