Krypton Pest Control

🐭🐜🐀 'PEST' OF THE WEEK 🐀🐜🐭

This week we are looking at the amazing bee! Though we would not consider them as pests, we get many phone calls about bees. We will do everything we can to help, except harm these buzzy little guys.

Bees are lovely creatures that do so much for our environment! Here are a few facts you may not have known:

⚫️ A bee is not just a bee, it could be a honeybee, bumble bee, or another species. In fact, there are 200 types of bees in the UK, including 25 different types of bumble bee.

⚫️ Have you ever seen a bumblebee crawling around the floor? It could be that it’s just having a rest, but if you think it is struggling there is something you can do to help: You can either gentle help the bee by placing them on a flower, or if there are no flowers around, you can mix 50% water and 50% white sugar and offer a one or two drops to the bee. This should give it the energy to fly to a safer location.

⚫️Bees like to have a good time and often relax with a good 'Waggle Dance'. Okay so it’s not actually a dance, but more of a way to communicate to other bees where the best source or pollination is.

⚫️Though we wish no harm to any queen bee, they do sometimes pass away before there time. If this happens the hive can create a new queen by choosing a larva and feeding it special food called royal jelly. This larva will grow and develop into a fertile queen bee.

So, there are just a handful of quick facts about our humble bees. Remember bees are generally harmless and will not harm you unless they feel provoked. With that being said they can cause a lot of harm if they swarm someone, though this does not happen often.

It is never okay to intentionally harm a bee or beehive, and if they are causing issues and absolutely have to be dealt with, they should always be moved responsibility by professionals to somewhere safe where they can thrive.

You can read molre about honey bees and how we safely remove them here: https://pestcontrolswindon.co.uk/relocating-honey-bees-from-chimney/

For any help or advice on bees, you can contact us here:

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