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Welcome to Adkins Bees. It's not every day you have a bee problem! This page was created so you can get help with identifying and solving your bee problem. Use this form to upload pictures and get answers! If you're simply curious to know what kind of bee or wasp you've found, visit what kind of bee.

In the US and Canada call the bee removal hotline to ask questions or get help, it's fast, free, and easy to use.

Facts about Honey Bee Problems

If the bees are near a window or the front door they are hard to miss, in most cases they will build a hive in areas that take months to discover. One of the most common ways a bee problem is discovered is by initially finding them in the house. If the bees just showed up in the house, chances are your bee problem is minimal and you should address it immediately. A good place to look is chimney tops, vents and eaves (near to were the bee problem appears.) If however you are returning home after several days or longer and notice dead bees in your house near the window, you most likely have a beehive that moved into your structure. Solving a bee problem in the wall of a house, roof, or attic can be very difficult due to the size of the hive and honeycomb. Feel free to call the bee hotline if you have questions.

So you have a bee problem? Life could be worse!

How to prevent bee problems

To prevent recurring bee problems, remove junk or objects in the yard that can provide problems for harboring beehives.  For locations of a structure with multiple hives, inspect the house or building and have exclusion work performed on the eaves, vents, chimney, roof, wall voids, and other areas of the structure focusing on openings and voids bees can enter and build a home. Note bees only dig when there are trapped in. If you’re performing the bee proofing yourself, focus on the side of the house or building that faces the sun! The great majority of bee problems are on the side of the house / building that faces the morning sun. This is because after a cool dark night, the earth's sun helps to warm the bee hive up in the morning.

After many years of solving bee problems, perhaps the most important way to prevent future bee problems is to remove the bee hive or nest; this is especially true for honeybees! If you have honeybees find a way to afford the cost of removing the honey and the bees, this will greatly reduce recurring bee problems on your property and likely other insect, rodent or cosmetic problems. This involves removal of all the honey from the beehive, treating and suppressing the smell of the hive or any former bee hives, and then repairing and proofing the location. In most cases, don't let the bees be killed by a bee specialist or pest exterminator, without removing that honey! It is a typically great disservice to leave the bee hive in the structure after killing or extracting honey bees. Live bee removals by extraction can also cause the same damaging problems if the bees are extracted but the honey is left in the wall or roof. If you don't have the budget set aside for solving the bee problem, find a local bee company that will find or offer additional solutions, and or to allow you to break up the payment over a few months, or one that will trade services with you. US hotline. Sometimes it's better to leave the beehive alone then pay a smaller fee to kill the bee hive causing the honey to run down and set in the walls which often create additional pest and bee problems.

For additional help on solving a bee problem based on the location of the hive, visit how to get rid of bees.

Africanized bees - Often bees can be conditioned to be aggressive if they are on your property and are being harassed. Aggressive bees that are in the wrong location should be removed for safety purposes. For an in depth look at africanized bees, to visit the africanized honey bee page. View the spread of Africanized honey bees from Texas, Arizona, California, Florida and more here >> honey bee removal.map