- Ground Bee: This smaller species of yellow jacket builds nests between two inches and two feet underground, usually in abandoned burrows. They are easily agitated and fairly aggressive.
- Hornet: This aggressive species builds external paper nests that are shaped like an inverted teardrop.
- Yellow Jacket: These black and yellow-striped insects build nests similar to hornets. However, they also build nests in walls and can slowly chew through drywall or surface wood for materials.
- Wasp: Long and thin, a wasp’s legs hang when in flight. They frequently colonize attics and cars, and have a painful sting.
Removing Bee Infestations
Human structures often prove attractive to bees, as their natural tendency is to build their hives in tree hollows and similar cavities. In the event that a colony of bees has taken up residence in your home, yard, or vehicle, there are steps you can take to get rid of them. As they are diurnal (active during the day), it is best to deal with hives after dark.
Removing Bees from Your Home
Dealing with a colony of bees living in your home may be easy or difficult, depending on whether the hive is exposed. You should dress in bulky protective clothing and spray an exposed hive with pesticides after dusk to avoid stings. Watch the hive at dawn and dusk the next day for any activity and spray again, if necessary. Once you are sure the bees are dead, you should remove the hive to avoid the risk of honey or wax melting and causing damage to your walls. This will also make a future infestation less likely.
In the event of a nest inside the walls, you may need to call a professional. Under no circumstances should you plug the entry point, as this may lead any bees in the hive to seek another exit, possibly into your living areas.
How to Get Rid of Bees in the Ground
A simple method for eliminating a ground bee problem is to purchase a chemical spray specifically
labelled for ground bees (we recommend
Spectracide). Ground bees are a species of yellow jacket and can become aggressive when agitated, so be sure to dress protectively and spray at night. Try to aim the chemical into the hive entrance so that the spray reaches the nesting area. Watch the area around dusk or dawn over the next few days for movement and spray again if needed. Note that bees who survive the spray will attempt to relocate their nest.
Under no circumstances should you attempt to kill ground bees by pouring gasoline or other generic chemicals into the nest. Doing so will poison the ground, killing both plants and animals. It may also prove a fire or health hazard to humans.
Getting Rid of Bees in Your Car
Eliminating bees or wasps from a car is often difficult, depending upon the location of the nest. It is dangerous and you should wear bulky, protective clothing and work at night if you plan to approach the colony. Sprays such as
Raid will often eliminate the bees after a few uses. However, in the case of car nesting, the safest solution is to seek out a bee keeper or professional bee removal expert. Simply driving or letting the motor run will not eliminate a colony and may prove to agitate the bees.
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Bat Sound
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way through the dark.
Behavior, Diet & Habits
Most bats are insectivores, feeding on insects at night. Bats will also frequent outside lighting where insects will be flying in warmer weather. They may also be found near swimming pools, as insects might be attracted to these areas. There are some species that prefer other foods such as fruits, but most of these are not usually found in the United States.
Bats can be either colonial bats, living in colonies, or solitary bats, living alone or with just a few other bats. There is no queen bat in colonies; the bats just aggregate together.
Bats emerge in the early days of spring and leave their overwintering sites for summer homes. Typically, the first to establish nesting areas are the females ready to give birth. Because of their impending maternity, these new colonies are known as maternity or nursery colonies.
Baby bats are usually born during the summer months. The infant bats breastfeed until they’re ready to fly and hunt food on their own. The bats remain in this roost until the fall when it’s time to overwinter. Prior to leaving for winter residence, males begin arriving at these colonies in large numbers, ready to mate with the female inhabitants.
Winter hibernation is an instinct felt by all domestic bat species. Some travel less than 100 miles, while others travel thousands of miles from their summer roost. Equally fascinating is that some species winter in small groups, while others choose to gather in large numbers for their winter rest.
Reproduction
Many bats produce one litter of a few young per year, but number of offspring and mating habits vary depending on bats species.
Signs of a Bat Infestation
Homeowners may detect bats in several ways. As bats enter and leave an opening, the oils from their fur get deposited and can result in a brown to black stain. Bats can cause noises inside the home from their routine activities. Their droppings are another indicator of bat activity. The droppings are segmented and full of insect parts, which helps differentiate them from mouse droppings. The bats themselves are a sign and may be observed exiting from the home in the dusk to early evening hours.
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Are Bats Dangerous?
Bats are a unique mammal that has a long and storied history full of
misconceptions. Through time, they’ve become associated with evil of many forms, such as sorcery, witchcraft, haunted cemeteries and vampires. Bats also have long been feared due to a belief that rabies is rampant within their population. This is only partially true. Bats can carry rabies, but it is rare, and most bats prefer to avoid interaction with humans so the chances of transmittal are low except when performing bat control work.
What is true about bats is they’re nocturnal and the only mammal capable of true flight. Bats are beneficial to humans, since common species feed entirely on insects. Some people even choose to install bat houses on their property to encourage nesting.
Bat Species
Though bats are distinct as a family, individual species can be difficult to differentiate. There are over 900
species of bats worldwide with approximately 40 of these residing north of Mexico.
The three of the most common species encountered domestically are the big brown bat, the little brown bat and the Mexican free-tailed bat. These can be difficult to tell apart (even for a professional), so it’s recommended that an expert be consulted prior to attempting any control efforts.
Bat Control
Bat management is truly a challenge. Any opening 3/8 inch or larger is sufficient for entry of smaller bats, so pest management professionals must be very thorough in their efforts.
The first part of successfully managing a bat infestation is to inspect and evaluate the situation. Two inspections may be necessary for a full understanding of the situation.
- An inspection at dusk determines the size of the infestation as the bats leave for their nightly feeding. Also, it shows their preferred exit point from the structure.
- A second inspection needs to take place during daylight hours when the bats are sleeping and humans can see best (bright lights such as flashlights and work lights may scare the bats at night and cause them to change their habits). This inspection needs to identify deficiencies of the building/structure, the roosting site, species of bat and equipment needed to effectively control.
Once the situation is assessed and understood, a humane solution should be devised.
Bats are a potentially
dangerous infestation to control. Not only can they as pests cause problems, but there are medical implications to consider. Bats can carry rabies without showing any signs, and working near bats may increase chances of exposure. Also, accumulation of their droppings creates a suitable environment for the growth of
Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungus which can cause lung disease in humans. Spores contained within the dust are inhaled into the lungs.
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