Bees in your walls

[Mark Davis]

Anyone watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe? I know its a bit off topic, but I saw an interesting episode yesterday. Mike was working with an exterminator who had to remove bees from a house's walls. It was pretty amazing. Those bees are a real pain to get rid of.

Anyone ever see this in person?

[Will Barnard]

This is a very old thread and I imagine the posters involved are no longer here, however, this is important for all to know.

As Derek stated, killing the bees is only one step in the process and leaving the honeycomb and honey there is foolish. I can not believe a licensed exterminator left the structure with that existing and I alsso can not believe the cost was only $100 for several trips.

First step is to either trap or kill all the bees. I always killed them. The second step is removal of all the honeycomb. The thrid step is cleaning the area with soap and water and then treating with a residual chemical. Without the second and thrid steps, the phermones will attract more bees and the melting honeycomb will attract other pests such as ants causing secondary infestations.