After a three year drought, we finally got what we have been wishing for...lots of rain! Last week all of California was drenched by a good sized storm, the edge of which reached San Diego County. Although we are not out of the woods yet when it comes to the overall drought in California, it [...]
One of the reasons Jeff Lutz is affectionately referred to as "The Bee Whisperer" is because he has worked with bees since he was a teenager in the late 1970's. Back then Jeff lived in the San Diego community of Linda Vista. When he was 15 he attended High School with a gal who introduced [...]
Feminist, Female dominated, Matriarchal...all of these terms pretty much sum up society in a bee colony. Despite what movies like "The Bee Movie" portray, all worker bees are female. The only purpose of the Male (Drone) is to fertilize the queen. Once the drone achieves his purpose he dies immediately. If he fails to fertilize [...]
So you wake up one morning and notice a swarm of bees sitting on a tree near the front of your home. Or maybe you take your dog for a walk and notice a hive in an irrigation box along the way. Who do you call? Who is responsible for having them removed? Well according [...]
Live Bee Removal is term that can be misleading. Depending on who you hire it may not mean what you think it does. You see, technically a live bee removal is when bees are alive during the removal process. It doesn't necessarily mean the bees will remain alive or be relocated to a safe place. [...]
So you have a hive inside your home and you want a professional to extract it. Where do you start when deciding who to hire? Before just going with the cheapest bid for your business be sure to ask what we like to call the “Big 5” questions to ask before you hire a Bee [...]
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