Just imagine how you’d feel if you owned a million dollar home, located on the edge of a cliff. Your home has a huge deck hanging out over the cliff and you have a wonderful ocean view. That would be wonderful, wouldn’t it?
We recently got called out to a home just like that. However, the owner couldn’t go out onto his deck without being attacked by bees! He had already called out several other companies to solve the problem, but the bees just wouldn’t go away.
Our pest control specialist, David Salamin, went out to the home to take a look at it. The bee problem was so bad that there were puddles of honey on the ground! He took pictures and showed the owner just how bad it was. The owner gave him the go ahead and David went to work.
The bottom side of the home was covered with sheets of plywood and the bees were able to get in through cracks and joints to build their hives. To make things worse, many of these were “killer bees” and David was completely covered with angry bees. But, he kept his “cool” and kept on treating. When David pulled off these sheets of wood, he found three large bee hives (one was over 6 feet long!).
Whenever you have a problem like this, it is very important to remove the hives so that other bees in the area won’t be attracted to the house. This was such a messy job that he had to wear a rain suit. David removed the hives and filled up 5 large contractor’s trash bags with an estimated 400 pounds of honey! The owner couldn’t believe his own eyes!
To finish the job, new plywood sheeting would have to be installed and all of the cracks and joints would have to be sealed to keep the bees out.
The moral of the story; Don’t ignore a bee problem and let it get this bad. It was an expensive job and besides, wouldn’t you rather enjoy your fabulous ocean view?