Yes I’m scared of bees, but I’m learning to overcome it.
Working in the office at a Bee Best Bee Removal is sometimes like being an emergency dispatcher for 911. Thankfully I’ve never had a call involving a fatality, but I do speak with a lot of scared, nervous, and upset people whose houses are being invaded by bees. I have had people trapped in their car calling me because bees have surrounded their car and they can’t get out. I have spoken to people who can’t go in or out of their home because a swarm has landed on their porch. Every now and then someone will report that they left their sliding glass door open and that an entire swarm flew inside the house!
I can’t even imagine the terror.
I get scared whenever just one bee ends up in our office! It happens from time to time when a straggler bee hitches a ride on the back of one of our technicians who unknowingly drops it off in our small office. They like to fly in the window right next to my desk where I sit. I actually pulled one of our technicians out of the field to perform the smallest bee removal in company history – he removed one bee from our office. The look of pity he shot me “One Bee?” he asked….”really?”. I hung my head in shame. So you see I have the utmost empathy when I get these emergency bee calls. Whenever I get an emergency call, I try to give helpful tips about how to keep safe until I can get a bee technician to their home.
Here are a few my tips on how to stay safe and prevent bee emergencies:
1. Whatever you do…do not plug up the hole where the bees are getting in from the outside. This is our number one cause of emergency calls. If you plug the hole where the bees are getting in, they will have no other choice but to look for another way out. Usually it will be through canned lighting or vents that lead into your home.
2. If bees are getting in through the opening of your chimney, use plastic bags and tape to seal the opening of the fireplace. Check out our video for instructions.
3. Turn on the air conditioner. Bees have a hard time flying and they will usually drop to the ground if you can make it cold enough. *Note* We do not recommend this if bees are entering through the air vents. It may blow the bees into your home.
4. Open curtains and blinds. Bees will naturally try to find their way back outside once entering your home. They will head toward skylights and windows to try to escape. If you open the curtains to a sliding glass door, you might be able to just open the door to let them back out.
5. If there are more than just a few bees and you are overwhelmed, close the door to the room where they are entering. Place towels under the door to trap them in until we can get a technician to your home. If the entire house is flooded with thousands of bees, get out quickly and call us from the safety of your car or a neighbors house.
What’s your craziest bee story? Have you ever been in an emergency bee situation? How did you survive it? Share your story with us by replying to this post.
On Monday 4-11-16, it seemed to be a normal day until around 5pm when were trying to leave our home to go to the store. My 16 year old and my husbands uncle started walking out to to the car while I was still in the house, gathering some items unknowingly. There was a swarm of bees in and around our home my 16 year old was stung 26 times and my husbands’ uncle was stung 12 times during the attack. We lost a dog that had to have had at least 1000 stings. When i had a bee technician come out an extract the bees, he pulled out at least a 50 gallon trash can full of bees. He had to kill due to them being to aggressive. It was like they were out to kill us. I have not been able to stay at my home since then. The bee tech will be back out on Friday, due to there still being aggressive bees that tried to attack us today! Never been so scared in my life!
Thanks for the fantastic advice and I definitely agree, I can’t imagine anything much scarier than an entire swarm of bees coming through an open window. I do like the advice you give on what to do in this kind of situation, I didn’t know that bees weren’t fond of flying in cold weather. It really is important for the readers to understand through that, if there are too many bees to handle, than it’s definitely safer to call a professional than to try and take them on yourself.
Thanks for the advice! Bees getting into your home is no joke!